HB150 (2025) Detail

Enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale.


HB 150 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

6Mar2025... 0420h

2025 SESSION

25-0468

08/11

 

HOUSE BILL 150

 

AN ACT enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Aylward, Merr. 5; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines commercial kitchen equipment and allows for its use in homestead food operations.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2025... 0420h 25-0468

08/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale.

 

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

 

1  Homestead Food Operations; Use of Commercial Equipment.  Amend RSA 143-A:12, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) "Homestead food operation" means a person who produces homestead food products, excluding potentially hazardous food, only in the home kitchen of that person's primary residence in New Hampshire.  A homestead food operation may use commercial kitchen equipment so long as the equipment is able to be cleaned and sanitized in the processing area.  For purposes of this subparagraph, "commercial kitchen equipment" means the specialized tools and appliances used in professional kitchens to prepare, cook, and store food and that can withstand heavy use and high-volume cooking.

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

Amendments

Date Amendment
Feb. 19, 2025 2025-0420h

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 11, 2025 House Hearing
Feb. 18, 2025 House Exec Session
Feb. 18, 2025 House Floor Vote
March 25, 2025 Senate Hearing
March 25, 2025 Senate Hearing

Bill Text Revisions

HB150 Revision: 47254 Date: March 6, 2025, 10:44 a.m.
HB150 Revision: 47062 Date: Feb. 19, 2025, 10:07 a.m.
HB150 Revision: 45977 Date: Jan. 4, 2025, 10:07 p.m.

Docket


March 18, 2025: ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 14


March 13, 2025: Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 13


March 11, 2025: Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7


March 6, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0420h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7


March 6, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0420h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7


Feb. 19, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0420h 02/18/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7


Feb. 12, 2025: Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:45 am LOB 301-303


Feb. 12, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 02/18/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303


Feb. 5, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 02:30 pm LOB 301-303


Jan. 6, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 8