---
type: "Bill"
title: "designating the New Hampshire Red as the official state poultry."
description: "designating the New Hampshire Red as the official state poultry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1474"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1474 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Josephson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6449a80-90b1-4622-9444-5377a01e1c95"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2424&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "3e79727badda0e33583bda432ea901eb241e16be6c6d478b435f1f201e037c9a"
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 1474 (2018) — designating the New Hampshire Red as the official state poultry.

## 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=1437&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Josephson — primary (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 10:00 AM LOB 303
- **2018-02-01** ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305-307
- **2018-02-07** Executive Session: 02/06/2018 LOB 303
- **2018-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 13-0; RC) HC 7 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Special Order to 3/8/2018 (Rep. Josephson): MA DV 264-72 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 31
- **2018-03-08** Suspend House Rule 65 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 125
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to 3/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 49
- **2018-03-15** Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Josephson): MA VV 03/15/2018 HJ 8 P. 6
- **2018-03-15** Ought to Pass: MA DV 275-46 03/15/2018 HJ 8 P. 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Introduced 03/21/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2018; Chapter 268; Eff. 6/18/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6449a80-90b1-4622-9444-5377a01e1c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).