---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the establishment of an exemption to the meals and rooms tax for participants in the restaurant voucher program."
description: "relative to the establishment of an exemption to the meals and rooms tax for participants in the restaurant voucher program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1191"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1191 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/778e5821-33ed-4319-8dc7-86f9a8ac867c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2023&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "eb53907c8363b52eb7e69a116c43bb1208d108319c4f941590c878823e845671"
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 1191 (2024) — relative to the establishment of an exemption to the meals and rooms tax for participants in the restaurant voucher program.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1110&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-01-31** Executive Session: 02/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-01-31** Full committee Work Session: 02/05/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-06** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Hearing: 04/10/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2024, Vote 3-0; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 5-1; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to next week, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 5-1; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 190; eff. 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/778e5821-33ed-4319-8dc7-86f9a8ac867c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).