---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to transferring dogs, cats, and ferrets by animal shelter facilities."
description: "relative to transferring dogs, cats, and ferrets by animal shelter facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1309"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1309 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca92f94f-b064-46e4-af7b-95798a70eebc"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2285&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "4b240ccb136ca762fe762f40d721bcd1f787292aae23363998038bab2e7809ac"
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 1309 (2018) — relative to transferring dogs, cats, and ferrets by animal shelter facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1298&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 11:30 AM LOB 303
- **2018-02-01** ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 11:30 AM LOB 305-307
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 303
- **2018-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 9 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 32 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:25 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC 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 175; 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/ca92f94f-b064-46e4-af7b-95798a70eebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).