---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an apprentice guide license."
description: "establishing an apprentice guide license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 31 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9323cb2b-b66a-49b8-82fe-0889882d749c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0367&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "863a06d87986446a4fa5b639a7b6a6a9a57b60b41bb9c50e536aa109b9629b36"
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 31 (2025) — establishing an apprentice guide license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0013s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0013s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Tara Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing: 01/15/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 5
- **2025-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0013s, 01/30/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0013s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Amendment # 2025-0013s, AA, VV; 01/30/2025; SJ 4
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 11 P. 109 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-04-25** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 23 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-24** Signed by the Governor on 06/23/2025; Chapter 0113; Effective 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9323cb2b-b66a-49b8-82fe-0889882d749c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).