---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the New Hampshire law relative to standards for farm products and marketing and grading commodities."
description: "establishing a committee to study the New Hampshire law relative to standards for farm products and marketing and grading commodities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 79 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aidan Ankarberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/952da367-985b-4285-8d8a-3f8ec3b281dc"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0108&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "a4d575a334f3295333b354597e1a15ef39b44a053163d994a7041d7b22dc33f3"
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 79 (2023) — establishing a committee to study the New Hampshire law relative to standards for farm products and marketing and grading commodities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0212h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0212h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Aidan Ankarberg — primary (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`
- **2023-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2023 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 01/31/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0212h (NT) 01/31/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment # 2023-0212h: AA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0212h: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 13
- **2023-03-13** ==RESCHEDULED== Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 12; eff: 05/04/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/952da367-985b-4285-8d8a-3f8ec3b281dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).