Revision: April 13, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
April 9, 2026
2026-1428s
12/07
Amendment to HB 1780
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to seed laws.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Seeds, Plants and Nursery Stock; New Hampshire Seed Law; Definitions. Amend RSA 433:1 by inserting after paragraph XXIII the following new paragraph:
XXIII-a. “Production date” means the calendar month and year that a seed lot’s first germination test was completed.
2 New Subparagraph; Seeds, Plants and Nursery Stock; New Hampshire Seed Law; Label Requirements for Agricultural, Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Amend RSA 433:2, III by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:
(i) The production date.
3 Seeds, Plants and Nursery Stock; New Hampshire Seed Law; Prohibitions. Amend RSA 433:4, II(g)-(h) to read as follows:
II. Within the state:
(g) To use relabeling stickers without having both the calendar month and year the germination test was completed, the sell by date, as stated in [RSA 433:2, III(g),] RSA 433:2, V(c)[,] and RSA 433:2, VII(a), and the lot number that matches the existing, original lot number. Relabeling shall not occur more than once.
(h) [To alter or falsify any seed label, seed test, laboratory report, record, or other document to create a misleading impression as to kind, kind and variety, history, quality, or origin of seed.] To use relabeling stickers without having both the calendar month and year the germination test was completed, the sell by date, as stated in RSA 433:2, III(g), and the lot number that matches the existing, original lot number. Any relabeling sticker shall either:
(1) Not cover the original production date; or
(2) Carry forward the original production date.
(i) To sell seed more than 36 months after its production date.
(j) To alter or falsify any seed label, seed test, laboratory report, record, or other document to create a misleading impression as to kind, kind and variety, history, quality, or origin of seed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
2026-1428s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill makes the use of certain seed relabeling stickers, selling seed more than 36 months after its production date, and altering or falsify certain seed labels or documents illegal.