---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program."
description: "establishing a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1678"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1678 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexis H Simpson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239c7a15-2191-4eff-b3c6-c32e7fb9074a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2697&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "b42f0cbb0cca097a3f7efd56301bc07ed4363bcd8f08592596cf3afc110c6d39"
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 1678 (2024) — establishing a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1873s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1873s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1784&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- ITL — **179–193** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexis H Simpson — primary (person)
- Allison Knab — cosponsor (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Laura D. Telerski — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Vallone — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 29 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/17/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0381h 01/31/2024 (Vote 17-3; CC) HC 6 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment # 2024-0381h: AA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 6
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0381h: MA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Finance 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 7 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Division Work Session: 03/13/2024 02:30 pm LOB 212
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-29** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/26/2024 (Vote 13-12; RC) HC 14 P. 16 `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-29** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Lay HB1678 on Table (Rep. Osborne): MF DV 181-192 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 99 `deferral`
- **2024-04-11** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 179-193 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 99 `failure`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA DV 191-182 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 101 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-16** Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Finance; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2024-05-09** Hearing: 05/14/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:30 pm, on proposed non-germane amendment # 2024-1873s; SC 19
- **2024-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; 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 208; 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/239c7a15-2191-4eff-b3c6-c32e7fb9074a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).