HB 1291 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2109
01/08
HOUSE BILL 1291
AN ACT relative to homestead food license requirements.
SPONSORS: Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill raises the monetary amount necessary for an exemption from the homestead food licensure requirement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2109
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to homestead food license requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Food Service Licensure; Homestead Food License Required. Amend RSA 143-A:12, II and III to read as follows:
II. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of [$20,000] $35,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner's own farm stand, at farmers' markets, or at retail food stores are exempt from licensure and departmental inspection under this subdivision, except that the department may inspect when the department has reason to suspect an imminent health hazard as defined in RSA 143-A:3, IV-b.
III. Homestead food operations that exceed the [$20,000] $35,000 maximum annual gross sales limit or homestead food operations who wish to sell food products, excluding potentially hazardous food, to restaurants or other retail food establishments, over the Internet, by mail order, or to wholesalers, brokers, or other food distributors who will resell the homestead product shall be licensed under RSA 143-A:4.
2 Food Service Licensure; Exemptions. Amend RSA 143-A:5, VII to read as follows:
VII. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of [$20,000] $35,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food as defined in RSA 143-A:12, I(b), from the homestead residence, at the owner's farm stand, or at farmers' markets.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 27, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 11, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
June 16, 2020: No Pending Motion; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
June 16, 2020: Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020; SJ 8
March 11, 2020: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2020 HJ 7 P. 21
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC)
March 11, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/11/2020 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 10 P. 13
Feb. 27, 2020: Executive Session: 02/27/2020 10:00 am LOB 303
Feb. 4, 2020: Public Hearing: 02/04/2020 01:00 pm LOB 303
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 17