---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to animals brought into this state."
description: "relative to animals brought into this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 587 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b5f5272-a3eb-47da-91c9-811be0dc87b8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2921&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "293c68546f19f8173431ece8668befbd08f2483bbfa5dc370246f565b5a95053"
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 587 (2024) — relative to animals brought into this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0152s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0152s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2012&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-22** Hearing: 01/09/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 1
- **2024-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0152s, 01/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 3A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-0152s, AA, VV; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0152s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 6 P. 140 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/16/2024 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-04-18** Executive Session: 04/16/2024 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/16/2024 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 17 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/23/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 10
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0091; Effective 08/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b5f5272-a3eb-47da-91c9-811be0dc87b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).