HB779 (2025) Detail

Allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.


CHAPTER 54

HB 779-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

20Mar2025... 0647h

1May2025... 1906EBA

2025 SESSION

25-0813

08/09

 

HOUSE BILL 779-FN

 

AN ACT allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows for the sale of uninspected rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2025... 0647h

1May2025... 1906EBA 25-0813

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.

 

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

 

54:1  Uninspected Rabbits; Sale at Farms, Farmstands, and Farmers Markets.  Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 143-A:14 to read as follows:

Sale of Uninspected Poultry and Rabbits to Restaurants and Sale of Uninspected Rabbits at New Hampshire Farms, Farmstands, and Farmers Markets

54:2  Producer Requirements; Uninspected Rabbits.  Amend RSA 143-A:16 to read as follows:

143-A:16  Producer Requirements.

I.  A federally exempt poultry producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants uninspected, processed whole poultry that the producer has raised in a quantity not to exceed the federal limit established in 21 U.S.C. section 464 and an unlicensed rabbit producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants up to 1,000 uninspected, processed whole rabbits that the producer has raised, provided all of the following conditions are met:

(a)  The producer is current with all educational requirements that are established by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food relative to proper methods of slaughtering, processing, packaging, and storing poultry or rabbit on the farm and its subsequent transport to restaurants; and

(b)  The producer has registered with the department of agriculture, markets, and food by providing his or her name, the name and address of the farm, and phone number, to allow for trace back in the event of disease outbreak.  Such registry information shall be protected pursuant to RSA 436:6-a.

II.  An unlicensed rabbit producer may, in a calendar year, sell at his or her own farm, farmstand, or farmer's market up to 1,000 uninspected, processed whole rabbits that the producer has raised provided all of the following conditions are met:

(a)  The rabbits are raised, slaughtered, processed, packaged, and sold within the state of New Hampshire;

(b)  The producer has fulfilled all educational requirements that are established by the commissioner of the department of health and human services in consultation with the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food relative to proper methods of slaughtering, processing, packaging, and storing rabbit on the farm and its subsequent transport to farmstands or farmers markets; and

(c)  The producer has registered with the department of agriculture, markets, and food by providing his or her name, the name and the address of the farm, and his or her phone number, to allow for trace back in the event of disease outbreak.  Such information shall be protected pursuant to RSA 436:6-a.

III.  The department may inspect these exempt products when the department has reason to suspect an imminent health hazard as defined in RSA 143-A:3, IV-b.

54:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 30, 2025

Effective Date: July 29, 2025

Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II of the N.H. Constitution, without the signature of the governor May 30, 2025

 

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
March 6, 2025 2025-0647h
May 6, 2025 2025-1906EBA

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 19, 2025 House Hearing
March 4, 2025 House Exec Session
March 4, 2025 House Floor Vote
April 1, 2025 Senate Hearing
Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB779 Revision: 48393 Date: May 30, 2025, 11:40 a.m.
HB779 Revision: 47839 Date: May 7, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
HB779 Revision: 47995 Date: May 6, 2025, 9:11 a.m.
HB779 Revision: 47579 Date: March 20, 2025, 12:13 p.m.
HB779 Revision: 47248 Date: March 6, 2025, 9:40 a.m.
HB779 Revision: 46720 Date: Jan. 22, 2025, 3:35 p.m.

Docket


May 30, 2025: Enacted in accordance with Article 44 Part II of the N.H. Constitution without the signature of the governor 5/30/2025 eff. 07/29/2025


May 13, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59


May 12, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13


May 7, 2025: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-1906e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 33


May 6, 2025: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-1906e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/01/2025); SJ 12


April 17, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10


April 7, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 2-1; CC; SC 17


March 25, 2025: Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 15


March 24, 2025: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9


March 20, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0647h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 12


March 20, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0647h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 12


March 7, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0647h 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC)


Feb. 20, 2025: Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303


Feb. 20, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303


Feb. 12, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 10:15 am LOB 301-303


Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 27