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type: "Bill"
title: "requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes."
description: "requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 302 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12254253-3d9f-4e0d-b629-e97b5f99d7c4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1167&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "472b4c65e3dfeeb1a061f7d92217a1ace75b9a3204820c3a0128c3008cb45fea"
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 302 (2025) — requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2025-2219h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2219h&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-26** Introduced 02/13/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Hearing: 03/05/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 11
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/13/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-07** Full Committee Work Session: 04/15/2025 11:15 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-15** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-05-08** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/08/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302
- **2025-05-08** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-2012h: 05/13/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-05-13** Executive Session: 05/20/2025 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2219h (NT) 05/20/2025 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 27 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2219h (NT): AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2219h: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Avard, Watters; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. J. Aron, Potenza, Comtois, Bixby 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-12** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/17/2025, 09:00 am, Room 103, SH
- **2025-06-12** Conferee Change; Senator Birdsell Replaces Senator Avard; SJ 17
- **2025-06-20** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12254253-3d9f-4e0d-b629-e97b5f99d7c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).