---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definitions of beverage and of mead."
description: "relative to the definitions of beverage and of mead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 315 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c16643-f85c-43ae-9b3c-709cb8481daa"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2821&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "52b13dd498bb4dd21ddee62f416337f6589bb7c957464baeaf5b4df335cbf6aa"
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 SB 315 (2018) — relative to the definitions of beverage and of mead.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1496e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1496e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1837&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Barbara Biggie — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy McKinney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Lundgren — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman A. Packard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 2
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0283s, 02/01/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0283s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment # 2018-0283s, AA, VV; 02/01/2018; SJ 3
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-03-20** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/27/2018 09:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-03-20** Executive Session: 03/28/2018 01:00 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1496e: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 29
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1496e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** Signed by the Governor on 05/25/2018; Chapter 0098; Effective 07/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c16643-f85c-43ae-9b3c-709cb8481daa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).