---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal penalties for possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to be present at, aiding in, or contributing to such fighting."
description: "relative to criminal penalties for possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to be present at, aiding in, or contributing to such fighting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 605 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f40d1b-9112-498a-aaee-f591f1d92286"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0653&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "c01496f32a18eddcdaa7a128195364631809ce224759ce7fcf900fbf05f7e9a9"
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 605 (2019) — relative to criminal penalties for possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to be present at, aiding in, or contributing to such fighting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2638e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2638e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **215–124** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Public Hearing: 03/06/2019 02:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-02-26** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-03-13** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/19/2019 (Vote 13-7; RC) HC 16 P. 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-19** Lay on Table (Rep. Pearl): MF DV 140-188 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 102
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass: MA RC 215-124 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 102 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Hearing: 05/09/2019, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 21
- **2019-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1953s, 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 with Amendment # 2019-1953s, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-1953s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1953s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1953s (Rep. Cushing): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 2
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2638e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2638e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 54
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-30** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2019; Chapter 295; Eff: 10/27/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f40d1b-9112-498a-aaee-f591f1d92286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).