---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC."
description: "relative to the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 505 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a1311c6-4d43-4263-a458-a713c0dc3931"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2896&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "6032f8d01b09cb3b79882bfb69adee422dcd48e02a76adc4bff08c07d7340328"
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 SB 505 (2024) — relative to the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1739h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1739h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1987&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTP — **242–124** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Hearing: 01/11/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 2
- **2024-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-05-02** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-05-02** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-1739h: 05/08/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-05-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/15/2024 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 15-5; RC) HC 20 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2078h (Rep. McLean): AF DV 172-190 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 120
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2143h (Rep. Prout): AF DV 87-278 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 120
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA RC 242-124 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 144 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0165; Effective 07/03/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a1311c6-4d43-4263-a458-a713c0dc3931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).