---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to seed laws."
description: "relative to seed laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1780"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1780 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Comtois"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17fb10c4-306b-4b60-b33c-6cf10c8e371c"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1950&inflect=2"
source_hash: "474414d02e3510be17f7adc2bf75451746f47713af03242ddd923470d57418b2"
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 1780 (2026) — relative to seed laws.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Barbara Comtois — primary (person)
- Catherine M Kenny — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas A Germana — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W Bixby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 35 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 12:00 pm GP 153
- **2026-01-27** Full Committee Work Session: 02/03/2026 09:15 am GP 153
- **2026-02-04** Full Committee Work Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-11** Full Committee Work Session: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-18** Executive Session: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0750h (NT) 02/17/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment # 2026-0750h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 19
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0750h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing: 04/02/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 12
- **2026-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1428s, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Committee Amendment # 2026-1428s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1428s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1428s (Rep. J. Aron): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **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 182; eff. 06/19/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17fb10c4-306b-4b60-b33c-6cf10c8e371c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).