---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to on-premise and off-premise liquor licenses and relative to land in current use."
description: "relative to on-premise and off-premise liquor licenses and relative to land in current use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1018 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-27"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d3f5d4f-51c2-468e-9f63-d8c3600ad78a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2269&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "891d1905ea889cbc8078c9f555bfb947960f6b176b95df33fb2928c6989e0001"
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 1018 (2024) — relative to on-premise and off-premise liquor licenses and relative to land in current use.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2103s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2103s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1356&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Non Concur — **180–190** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-27** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Public Hearing: 01/11/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/13/2024 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-21** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2024 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0998h 03/20/2024 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-0998h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 3
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0998h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove HB 1018 from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to the end of the calendar on 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Special Order to after Judiciary, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2024-2103s, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2103s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2103s (Rep. Hunt): MF DV 179-190 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2024-05-30** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2013s (Rep. Burroughs): MF RC 180-190 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 4
- **2024-05-30** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment and Requests CofC (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 4
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Gannon Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Bradley, Whitley; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Hunt, Ammon, Burroughs, Beaulieu 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 4
- **2024-06-04** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/04/2024 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-06-04** Conferee Change: Rep. Spier Replaces Rep. Beaulieu 06/04/2024 HJ 15 P. 35
- **2024-06-05** Conferee Change; Senator Carson Replaces Senator Whitley; SJ 17
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change: Rep. Rhodes Replaces Rep. Burroughs 06/06/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change: Rep. S. Smith Replaces Rep. Spier 06/06/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2301c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2301c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2301c: Adopted, DV 190-176 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 17
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 321; I. Sections 8&9 eff 1/1/25 II. Remainder eff 10/1/24 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d3f5d4f-51c2-468e-9f63-d8c3600ad78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).