---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the fee for a newborn lifetime hunting and fishing license."
description: "relative to the fee for a newborn lifetime hunting and fishing license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 647 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A Spillane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb1a75d5-2b6a-4543-bff0-c2256e064ca0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0083&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "b755de545618d997096ec4ff4806efe25020f031a308f069a9836d1f8172ed2a"
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 647 (2025) — relative to the fee for a newborn lifetime hunting and fishing license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2218e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2218e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James A Spillane — primary (person)
- Aboul B Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- David C Love — cosponsor (person)
- John Michael Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Larry G Gagne — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coker — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Will Darby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 01:30 pm LOB 307
- **2025-02-10** Executive Session: 02/05/2025 01:30 pm LOB 307
- **2025-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/05/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/16/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2218e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/15/2025); SJ 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2218e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 62
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/10/2025; Chapter 78; eff.07/10/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb1a75d5-2b6a-4543-bff0-c2256e064ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).