---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the secretary of state to prepare materials for businesses relative to service dogs."
description: "requiring the secretary of state to prepare materials for businesses relative to service dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 389 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/712b91b5-4d77-4b69-b0f0-aee1dbcd006c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0372&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "c52c17a9d8d25f8966390d351d08d45b0e80d1fb3f7d532ab623364f9908f4bc"
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 389 (2019) — requiring the secretary of state to prepare materials for businesses relative to service dogs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0902h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0902h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 03/06/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-28** Executive Session: 03/08/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2019 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0902h (NT) for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0902h (NT): AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 5
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0902h (NT): MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing: 04/09/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 17
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2019; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 42
- **2019-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/05/2019; Chapter 56; Eff: 08/04/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/712b91b5-4d77-4b69-b0f0-aee1dbcd006c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).