Bill Text: NH HB396 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture House Journal 3 [HB396 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB396-Introduced.html

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HB 396  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0749

08/09

 

HOUSE BILL 396

 

AN ACT exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0749

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Custom Slaughter Facility; Exemption.  RSA 427:2-a, I(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(b) The custom slaughtering by any person, firm, or corporation of livestock delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter wherein the animals are so slaughtered and the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals are so prepared exclusively for intrastate distribution to:

(1)  Household consumers within the state.

(2)  Restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments located in New Hampshire that:

(A)  Are involved in the preparation of meals served directly to consumers;

(B)  Offer meat and meat food products for sale directly to consumers within New Hampshire.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.