---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat."
description: "relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 229 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e189a1dc-2eec-4ef9-8a6d-497d02cf379d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1058&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "984d3f9e934607b2c07b1784c5a009609e0b6908114b7ea76b837b1e4ec32324"
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 SB 229 (2025) — relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/18/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2025-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 09:45 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-07** Full Committee Work Session: 04/15/2025 11:15 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-15** Executive Session: 04/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/22/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 22 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2025; Chapter 0092; Effective 06/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e189a1dc-2eec-4ef9-8a6d-497d02cf379d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).