---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to fish and game violations, permits, and licenses."
description: "relative to fish and game violations, permits, and licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 655 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A Spillane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e74d5b8-8d86-4771-b982-e9dcc839f5bd"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0347&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "1f7326c24838673c8ddd21f40bd29feb884136c620747202080f8da515780ed2"
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 655 (2025) — relative to fish and game violations, permits, and licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1586s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1586s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James A Spillane — primary (person)
- Aboul B Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Brian D Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- David C Love — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Ouellet — 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`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 02:00 pm LOB 307
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0063h: 02/12/2025 03:45 pm LOB 307
- **2025-03-03** Executive Session: 02/12/2025 03:45 pm LOB 307
- **2025-03-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0063h (NT) 02/12/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment # 2025-0063h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 13
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0063h: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 13 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 47
- **2025-03-19** Introduced 03/13/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2025-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** HB 655-FN was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-1586s, AA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1586s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1586s (Rep. Spillane): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 202; eff. I Sec 1-3-5 eff 09/13/2025 II. Rem eff 07/15/2025 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/7e74d5b8-8d86-4771-b982-e9dcc839f5bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).