---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of drones for the aerial application of pesticides."
description: "relative to the use of drones for the aerial application of pesticides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1698 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy F. Aron"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec96970-c70b-4283-9aa1-7c6974642897"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2550&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "0ef9850c0940d5c155e057c37241438e9e1d57d54a1b588e2c65cb29a5b738a7"
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 1698 (2024) — relative to the use of drones for the aerial application of pesticides.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1731s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1731s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1637&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Judy F. Aron — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Skip A. Rollins — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Schamberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 30 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** Public Hearing: 03/13/2024 01:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-08** Full Committee Work Session: 03/13/2024 02:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-13** Full Committee Work Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1147h 03/19/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1147h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 28
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1147h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** 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, 01:20 pm; SC 15
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Sen. Altschiller Floor Amendment # 2024-1731s, AF, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 142; eff. 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec96970-c70b-4283-9aa1-7c6974642897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).