---
type: "Bill"
title: "increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol."
description: "increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 279 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maureen C. Mooney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac2004c2-8792-4264-86d4-ba5d167042a1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0004&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "23c05d9461b7f6eef9dfff0e649232feca22724bcf7fff804c7fbe59a0052e3b"
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 279 (2024) — increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1606s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1606s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Maureen C. Mooney — primary (person)
- Michael D. Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dutzy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-01-26** Executive Session: 02/02/2023 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-08** Full Committee Work Session: 02/15/2023 10:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-09** Executive Session: 02/15/2023 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-15** Retained in Committee
- **2023-10-04** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/17/2023 01:15 pm LOB 302-304 HC 40
- **2023-10-17** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 11/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-10-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 11/08/2023 11:30 am LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-11-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 11/15/2023 11:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-11-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2421h 11/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 49 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2421h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 35
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2421h: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 35 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-01-03** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 35 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/24/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-01-29** Executive Session: 01/24/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/24/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Hearing: 04/16/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:20 am; SC 15
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1606s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1606s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1606s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1606s (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15
- **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 179; eff. 09/10/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac2004c2-8792-4264-86d4-ba5d167042a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).