---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational purposes."
description: "prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1630"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1630 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy A Murphy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db28820d-e8e6-45fc-a94f-2d801ce96af8"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2208&inflect=2"
source_hash: "ebc7bfc9980e638b3d8785dedf393e530254ef94650427d004726b816eedca1b"
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 1630 (2026) — prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=24007&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28449&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33963&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32344&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Nancy A Murphy — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Marie Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi K Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 29 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/11/2026 02:15 pm GP 229
- **2026-02-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/18/2026 01:00 pm GP 229
- **2026-02-11** Full Committee Work Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 229
- **2026-02-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 229
- **2026-02-25** Full Committee Work Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 229
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 0867h 03/03/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 10 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment # 2026-0867h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 13
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0867h: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:55 am; SC 13
- **2026-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 177; eff. 01/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db28820d-e8e6-45fc-a94f-2d801ce96af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).