---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the food production area for homestead food."
description: "relative to the food production area for homestead food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 307 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter W Bixby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e024678d-5c13-42be-97ea-acd05a78e87d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0483&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "94ecc606c7e85b9152775d3fc392cce22e92ac7bb1d71c4e1bfc49f3f1fbcba9"
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 307 (2025) — relative to the food production area for homestead food.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1913e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1913e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Peter W Bixby — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Aylward — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A Murray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 03:00 pm 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
- **2025-02-20** 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 with Amendment # 2025-0655h 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0655h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 12
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0655h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:40 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; 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 Bill Amendment # 2025-1913e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-1913e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 32
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59
- **2025-05-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 46; I. Sec 1 & 3 eff. as in sec 5 P I II. Sec 2 & 4 eff as in sec 5 PIIIII. Rem eff 07/28/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e024678d-5c13-42be-97ea-acd05a78e87d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).