---
type: "Bill"
title: "defining specialty cider."
description: "defining specialty cider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 642 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491b57fd-71ba-46ec-9361-11089f0e75c7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0758&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "d53866c5eb9250897da69721d4b6efbfbd54a261498ef15c321aac9cefb0c5d0"
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 642 (2019) — defining specialty cider.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0390h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0390h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/24/2019 02:15 pm LOB 302
- **2019-01-29** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2019 11:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-01-29** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/06/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-07** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/13/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2019 09:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0390h (NT) for 03/07/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0390h (NT): AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 4
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0390h (NT): MA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing: 04/02/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2019-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/25/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 100
- **2019-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/06/2019; Chapter 68; Eff: 06/06/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/491b57fd-71ba-46ec-9361-11089f0e75c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).