---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations."
description: "allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 505 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C Schamberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27f14b5-7fb5-4b0f-bd29-19e04fc05e97"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0548&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "539c5fa6f0c1e806742025f75022fad01adcd80b82c321763515b4c888ef89b2"
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 505 (2025) — allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2873e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2873e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Thomas C Schamberg — primary (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Full Committee Work Session: 02/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-20** Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-05** Full Committee Work Session: 03/11/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-12** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 12:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-12** Full Committee Work Session: 03/18/2025 10:45 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0883h 03/18/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 17 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0883h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 23
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0883h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 23 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-27** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:40 am; SC 19
- **2025-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2873e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2873e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 57
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 193; eff. 11/12/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27f14b5-7fb5-4b0f-bd29-19e04fc05e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).