---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study adding statewide resources to assist with the investigation, training, prosecution, and prompt response of animal cruelty."
description: "establishing a committee to study adding statewide resources to assist with the investigation, training, prosecution, and prompt response of animal cruelty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 153 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Comtois"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9017ee15-427e-4a06-aeea-12cd499f2602"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0495&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "f07a10c09da4232595c556f729920d10064348b3f88fa16fe8403c6fe5ffd9f6"
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 153 (2025) — establishing a committee to study adding statewide resources to assist with the investigation, training, prosecution, and prompt response of animal cruelty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0443h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0443h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Barbara Comtois — primary (person)
- Catherine M Kenny — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-22** Full Committee Work Session: 01/28/2025 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-29** Full Committee Work Session: 02/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2025 09:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:45 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Full Committee Work Session: 02/18/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0443h (NT) 02/18/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0443h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 9
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0443h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Finance 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 10 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 30
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing: 03/18/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 13
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/17/2025); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 163
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2025; Chapter 8; 05/08/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9017ee15-427e-4a06-aeea-12cd499f2602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).