---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to allowing the distillation of hobby liquors."
description: "relative to allowing the distillation of hobby liquors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1624"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1624 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wallace"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b42976-276c-4de5-ade3-b49412290730"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2716&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "98ebe5c7efa170fc9fde89aeb3b49c7e88208bc891b5782443705d2a78501b52"
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 1624 (2024) — relative to allowing the distillation of hobby liquors.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1803&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Scott Wallace — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G. Boehm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/10/2024 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/13/2024 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/13/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:50 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 206; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7b42976-276c-4de5-ade3-b49412290730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).