---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to homestead food operation licensure and making provisions for the sale of meat from uninspected bison, elk, or red deer."
description: "relative to homestead food operation licensure and making provisions for the sale of meat from uninspected bison, elk, or red deer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aidan Ankarberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0496896b-f20c-4da7-82ef-0761473bf901"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0111&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "56eb55c17157b1eebcd26bf34733eb8bbf22bad3d6072c253dc75b504be4126d"
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 119 (2023) — relative to homestead food operation licensure and making provisions for the sale of meat from uninspected bison, elk, or red deer.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1895s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1895s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Aidan Ankarberg — primary (person)
- Jonathan H. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Leah P. Cushman — cosponsor (person)
- Lex Berezhny — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coulon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/31/2023 01:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 02/28/2023 01:30 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0629h 02/28/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 15 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0629h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 5
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0629h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 15
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1895s, 05/18/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2023-1895s, AA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1895s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1895s and Requests CofC (Reps. Aron, Bixby, M. Murray, Spillane): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Fenton; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-21** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/21/2023 09:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-06-16** Conferee Change; Senator Prentiss Replaces Senator Fenton; SJ 20
- **2023-06-21** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2023-2224c; 06/29/2023
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2224c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 6
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2224c, Adopted, VV; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 180; eff: I. Sec 7-10 eff 07/01/2025 II. Rem eff 10/03/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0496896b-f20c-4da7-82ef-0761473bf901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).