---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages."
description: "relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1285 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Phinney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff4afa4-3b6a-41e2-a011-fdc79d8220b9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2082&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "cde56e92370229c2833a2208503d21020a23b2fbe758d443fe2f85a288a664fb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1285 (2018) — relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-0368h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0368h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1095&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Brandon Phinney — primary (person)
- Werner D. Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/11/2018 09:45 AM LOB 302
- **2018-01-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/23/2018 11:35 AM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 10:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-06** Executive Session: 01/31/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0368h (NT) for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0368h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 3
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0368h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/19/2018 SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to 05/02/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 174; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ff4afa4-3b6a-41e2-a011-fdc79d8220b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).