---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the agricultural advisory board."
description: "relative to the agricultural advisory board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 146 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb826c0c-e96e-40f4-80fe-954b24ec90fa"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0813&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b71f3c8182e6b8e54b053e641a7d254a054239ba9facd6710cfd74ca5c3441b3"
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 SB 146 (2023) — relative to the agricultural advisory board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0570s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0570s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing: 02/08/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 9
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0570s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0570s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0570s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/05/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/05/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 04/05/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/18/2023
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2023; Chapter 0073; Effective 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb826c0c-e96e-40f4-80fe-954b24ec90fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).