HB 545-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0345
08/11
HOUSE BILL545-FN
AN ACTrequiring certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.
SPONSORS:Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 45
COMMITTEE:Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of fish and game to keep a list of states where chronic wasting disease has been reported in cervids.
This bill also requires certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0345
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTrequiring certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Cervid Meat; Chronic Wasting Disease. Amend RSA 207 by inserting after section 15-a the following new section:
207:15-b Cervid Meat; Chronic Wasting Disease.
I. Each cervid season, the department shall compile and maintain on its website a list of states where chronic wasting disease has been reported in the cervid population.
II. Any person who takes a cervid from a state on the list compiled in paragraph I and has the cervid processed out of state shall have the meat tested for chronic wasting disease prior to bringing the meat into New Hampshire.
III. Violation of paragraph II shall be a violation punishable by a fine of $250 for the first offense, and a class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 for a subsequent offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
LBA
25-0345
1/7/25
HB 545-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTrequiring certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Revenue $0 Less Than $10,000 Per Year
Revenue Fund Fish and Game Fund
Expenditures* Indeterminable
Funding Source General Fund
Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0
Funding Source None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
County Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
County Expenditures Indeterminable
Local Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Expenditures Indeterminable
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
$0
Less Than $10,000 Per Year
Revenue Fund
Fish and Game Fund
Expenditures*
Indeterminable
Funding Source
General Fund
Appropriations*
$0
$0
$0
$0
Funding Source
None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
County Expenditures
Indeterminable
Local Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Local Expenditures
Indeterminable
METHODOLOGY:
The Fish and Game Department states that importing processed meat with the additional restrictions will result in an indeterminable increase in citations, resulting in a small increase in state revenues (estimated to be less than $10,000 per year).
This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association