---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing the position of assistant commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food."
description: "relative to establishing the position of assistant commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 395 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b08667dd-87d8-41ad-b189-dce0f4da49c9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2990&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "77fc5c9510e9934c3906f1473499878947f4f3f8d3a9a66be1e3e5ae0b7a1648"
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 395 (2024) — relative to establishing the position of assistant commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0092s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0092s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2081&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman A. Packard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-14** Hearing: 01/04/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 48
- **2024-01-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/18/2024, Vote 6-0; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Sen. Pearl Floor Amendment # 2024-0092s, AA, VV; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0092s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-01-30** Introduced (in recess of) 01/04/2024 and referred to Finance HJ 2 P. 73 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-02-15** Full Committee Work Session: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-02-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/21/2024 (Vote 20-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass: MA DV 213-136 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 74 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/28/2024
- **2024-04-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/21/2024); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2024-04-15** Signed by the Governor on 04/12/2024; Chapter 0007; Effective 04/12/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b08667dd-87d8-41ad-b189-dce0f4da49c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).