# New Hampshire SB24: allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.

New Hampshire SB24, allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Daniel E. Innis (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-22 (Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0214; Effective 09/13/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB24-2025-2026
- 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 SB24
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-07-22, Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0214; Effective 09/13/2025
- Sponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- College students under 21 can taste alcohol: benefit, low. New Hampshire allows students ages 18–20 to taste alcohol, without swallowing, for required college coursework. The law takes effect 60 days after passage. Students must remain enrolled at a public college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor. The school…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Daryl Abbas (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alvin B See (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gray
- Cosponsor: James R Thibault (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Michael Potucek (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith R. Murphy (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Timothy Lang (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark McConkey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Rochefort (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ruth Ward (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Timothy O. Horrigan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Victoria Sullivan (Republican), Senate

## Actions (13)

- 2025-07-22: Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0214; Effective 09/13/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-07-07: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59 (House)
- 2025-07-03: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate)
- 2025-06-05: Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 2 (House)
- 2025-05-28: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/27/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 27 P. 6 (House)
- 2025-05-21: Executive Session: 05/27/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Subcommittee Work Session: 05/13/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Public Hearing: 04/16/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-03-28: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 109 (House)
- 2025-01-30: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/30/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7A (Senate)
- 2025-01-09: Hearing: 01/14/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 5 (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 2 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-07-03: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=267&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5380)
- CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16944)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15867)

## 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)
- HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (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)
- 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
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=267&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5380)
- [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16944)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15867)

## 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)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [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)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB24-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).