---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to brew pub licenses."
description: "relative to brew pub licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 242 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8ac24e0-1e13-4709-aa79-7a47b18c0d4d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0363&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "1ac11c3edaf7898977f2e710c64f5e5bc58ecf242317b2c1d7ecff124f7b921b"
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 242 (2025) — relative to brew pub licenses.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-23** Executive Session: 01/30/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 11 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 100, SH, 11:05 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-03** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/01/2025; Chapter 146; eff. 08/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8ac24e0-1e13-4709-aa79-7a47b18c0d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).