---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets."
description: "relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d31c834-8011-49bc-ba31-dd14f877e810"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0808&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e71c7966218c2caf90d2c9cc89835827115d6dee4faee8d8ebb85c3bc13a85e1"
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 162 (2023) — relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: 02/15/2023, Room 103, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 10
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: 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 Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/25/2023 09:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 05/09/2023 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Full Committee Work Session: 05/09/2023 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/09/2023 (Vote 18-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0101; Effective 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d31c834-8011-49bc-ba31-dd14f877e810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).