New Hampshire HB 1157: relative to licensure as a pet vendor.

Bill Text

HB 1157-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2026 SESSION

 26-2414

 08/09

HOUSE BILL 1157-FN

AN ACT relative to licensure as a pet vendor.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Barbour, Hills. 35; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires persons using physical facilities to transfer 30 or more animals to be licensed as a pet vendor.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2414

 08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to licensure as a pet vendor.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Licensed Pet Vendors. Amend RSA 437:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

 IV-a. No physical facility shall be used by multiple people, firms, corporations, or other entities, when the combined number of animals transferred exceeds 30 or more dogs, 30 or more cats, 30 or more ferrets, or 50 or more birds or live animals customarily used as household pets, unless one of the people, firms, corporations, or other entity is a licensed pet vendor.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 45 days after its passage.

 LBA

 26-2414

 10/23/25

HB 1157-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to licensure as a pet vendor.

FISCAL IMPACT:

 The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

 Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food