---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to crop theft."
description: "relative to crop theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 394 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f46f5a-9f47-452f-9658-22c6b3833daa"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0393&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "9cffdcc76ffb8d63cdbc6a6176aa52cba6d498c1dbf4e59325195e40ca724b5f"
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 394 (2019) — relative to crop theft.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0879h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0879h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 12:00 pm LOB 303
- **2019-01-30** Executive Session: 02/05/2019 12:45 pm LOB 303
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 10 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 10
- **2019-02-26** Public Hearing: 03/06/2019 01:30 pm LOB 204
- **2019-02-26** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0879h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 16 P. 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0879h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 99
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0879h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 99 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing: 04/09/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 17
- **2019-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/23/2019; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 167; Eff: 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f46f5a-9f47-452f-9658-22c6b3833daa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).