---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of the term \"foal\" and \"colt.\""
description: "relative to the use of the term \"foal\" and \"colt.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 277 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter W Bixby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa8fbea-f916-409f-9057-1121aedf1be1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0570&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "448b7a1b661293c64f90f0c5c7a7af3692e0aa655010821ce763bbc63e3acfc6"
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 277 (2025) — relative to the use of the term "foal" and "colt."

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Peter W Bixby — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A Murray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-20** Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 27; eff.07/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffa8fbea-f916-409f-9057-1121aedf1be1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).