---
type: "Bill"
title: "reallocating positions in the liquor commission."
description: "reallocating positions in the liquor commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 538"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 538 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49b1dcfa-8673-4f5b-b8d2-96e80a5f2362"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0351&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "bc430535278c1f2b2e5fae36ef4e7bce0c1ac6f79382ee1f44173596fa247838"
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 538 (2025) — reallocating positions in the liquor commission.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — 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 Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 02:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:45 am LOB 104
- **2025-02-13** Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/05/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Executive Departments and Administration 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 8 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Public Hearing: 03/25/2025 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-26** Executive Session: 03/26/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/02/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 19 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-11** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:20 am; SC 19
- **2025-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 4-0; 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 67; 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/49b1dcfa-8673-4f5b-b8d2-96e80a5f2362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).