---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food."
description: "relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1565 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Coulon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63bbc967-703a-49fd-91e8-425fd5bdad71"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2050&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "9e1b26299d640d47962fd3dd2e338455d62d8da57f4e4ca3f942222745a21bc4"
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 1565 (2024) — relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0874h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0874h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1137&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Coulon — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Costable — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E Granger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/22/2024 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-01-16** Full Committee Work Session: 01/31/2024 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2024-01-30** Executive Session: 02/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0473h (NT) 02/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0473h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 10
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0473h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Ways and Means 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 10 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Public Hearing: 03/05/2024 12:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** Full Committee Work Session: 03/06/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0874h 03/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment # 2024-0874h: AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 19
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0874h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Hearing: 04/18/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 15
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 77; eff. 8/13/2024 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/63bbc967-703a-49fd-91e8-425fd5bdad71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).