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type: "Bill"
title: "establishing regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry and allowing restaurant owners to keep their dog on the premises."
description: "establishing regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry and allowing restaurant owners to keep their dog on the premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jess C. Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9950ad9-cb06-4c38-aca3-a836b4e382de"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0310&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "32e56f1f1933d986fd6644562fa7a613bfa6507609b326389421be24e031e556"
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 249 (2023) — establishing regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry and allowing restaurant owners to keep their dog on the premises.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2023-2189e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2189e&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Jess C. Edwards — primary (person)
- Anita D. Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — 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 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/31/2023 03:00 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-28** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-0697h: 03/07/2023 09:45 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0750h (NT) 03/08/2023 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0750h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 3
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0750h: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2189e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2189e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 16
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-08-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/28/2023; Chapter 149; 01/01/2024 HJ 17 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9950ad9-cb06-4c38-aca3-a836b4e382de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).