# New Hampshire HB279: establishing a committee to study recipe and process approval for homestead foods. New Hampshire HB279, establishing a committee to study recipe and process approval for homestead foods., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Peter W Bixby (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-30 (Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 44; eff. 05/29/2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB279-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New Hampshire HB279 - State: New Hampshire - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: establishing a committee to study recipe and process approval for homestead foods. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-05-30, Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 44; eff. 05/29/2025 - Sponsor: Peter W Bixby (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 7 - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Homestead food study members get mileage: benefit, low. Effective upon passage, the law creates a temporary New Hampshire committee to study homestead food recipe and process approvals. Members get mileage reimbursement at the legislative rate for committee duties—not payments to food producers. The House Speaker appoints three House members, and the Se… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Peter W Bixby (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Barbara Comtois (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Deborah Aylward (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Heath Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Judy F. Aron (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Megan A Murray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate ## Actions (14) - 2025-05-30: Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 44; eff. 05/29/2025 (House) - 2025-05-13: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59 (House) - 2025-05-12: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13 (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-1805e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 32 (House) - 2025-05-06: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-1805e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/01/2025); SJ 12 (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 14 (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 6 (House) - 2025-02-12: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/11/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 12 P. 6 (House) - 2025-02-12: Executive Session: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303 (House) - 2025-02-05: Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303 (House) - 2025-01-07: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 13 (House) ## Bill text - As Amended, 2025-05-06: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=590&inflession=2025) - Enrolled, 2025-05-06: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=590&inflession=2025) - Introduced, 2025-01-07: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5172) - CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15464) - Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=12868) ## Related bills - HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire tu… (became law) - HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed) - SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed) - CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed) - HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed) - HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=590&inflession=2025) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5172) - [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15464) - [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=12868) ## Related - [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026) - [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026) - [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026) - [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026) - [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026) - [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026) - [New Hampshire bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire/bills) - [New Hampshire state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB279-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).