---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the prohibition on the use of milk containers."
description: "repealing the prohibition on the use of milk containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1407"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1407 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Phinney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38a1e6bd-fc5b-49e4-93ce-fb395d36690f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2576&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "bf88c3cff3e25924be72b2823e59779e357fe538a346182de36a89c9994490b4"
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 1407 (2018) — repealing the prohibition on the use of milk containers.

## 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=1589&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Brandon Phinney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 11:30 AM LOB 303
- **2018-01-25** Executive Session: 01/16/2018 LOB 303
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 5 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/13/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 11
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 70; Eff. 7/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38a1e6bd-fc5b-49e4-93ce-fb395d36690f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).