---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempting certain agricultural practices from municipal noise regulation."
description: "exempting certain agricultural practices from municipal noise regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 272 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Comtois"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be6c8ac-4d7c-4242-ac01-543c6d4fff46"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0542&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "56111756f4f82d9c1b52189168f57823595e3865263b932f205e34e1944c8e96"
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 272 (2025) — exempting certain agricultural practices from municipal noise regulation.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Barbara Comtois — primary (person)
- Catherine M Kenny — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W Bixby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** Executive Session: 02/10/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/10/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 61; eff.08/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1be6c8ac-4d7c-4242-ac01-543c6d4fff46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).