---
type: "Bill"
title: "renaming the agricultural product and scale testing fund the agricultural products regulatory fund."
description: "renaming the agricultural product and scale testing fund the agricultural products regulatory fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 494 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter W. Bixby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/599962e8-1013-46ca-b265-6d18f38302e0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0380&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "7dc5bcd915e3e69e9780874829adb030d73be746fdc63f3ebf0e68f9f150f503"
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 494 (2024) — renaming the agricultural product and scale testing fund the agricultural products regulatory fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2335e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2335e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Peter W. Bixby — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2023 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 01/31/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/31/2023 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 11 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 57 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Ways and Means 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 57 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/13/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-08** Executive Session: 03/15/2023 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-21** Retained in Committee
- **2023-08-09** Full Committee Work Session: 09/19/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-09-13** Executive Session: 09/19/2023 10:30 am LOB 202-204 HC 37
- **2023-09-20** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 10/10/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204 HC 38
- **2023-09-20** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/10/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204 HC 38
- **2023-09-20** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 10/19/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204 HC 38
- **2023-09-20** ==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/19/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204 HC 38
- **2023-10-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2342h (NT) 10/19/2023 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 49 P. 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-04** Amendment # 2023-2342h (NT): AA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 55
- **2024-01-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2342h: MA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 56 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 17
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1615s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1615s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1615s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1615s (Rep. Aron): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 15
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2335e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2335e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 47
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 319; 07/01/2025 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/599962e8-1013-46ca-b265-6d18f38302e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).