---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definitions of full course meals and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing."
description: "relative to the definitions of full course meals and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1540 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jared Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b4af5e-bddd-44cb-a4db-7207efc5bdb6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2345&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "3be020fbbb843cf0717a571411921b4505caf6c35f475f55b68aab45ad920090"
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 1540 (2024) — relative to the definitions of full course meals and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0939h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0939h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1432&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jared Sullivan — primary (person)
- Alissandra Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Allison Knab — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Phinney — cosponsor (person)
- Corinne Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah O Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 02:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 11:00 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
- **2024-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0939h 03/13/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-0939h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 16
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0939h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Hearing: 04/16/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:40 am; SC 15
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `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 201; eff. 09/10/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52b4af5e-bddd-44cb-a4db-7207efc5bdb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).