---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to fines for prohibited sales of tobacco."
description: "relative to fines for prohibited sales of tobacco."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1591 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ff49f9-e32f-468d-8386-cc29f2099a64"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2271&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "520658cd750fe139abfab8aa67f3d042a2195115770b46dcb0283eaab87f1201"
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 1591 (2024) — relative to fines for prohibited sales of tobacco.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2253e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2253e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1358&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/06/2024 11:00 am LOB 305
- **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 # 2024-0840h 03/13/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-0840h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 17
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0840h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Hearing: 04/16/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 15
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2253e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2253e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 15 P. 42
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 141; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70ff49f9-e32f-468d-8386-cc29f2099a64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).