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HB 424 · 2025 · House · Environment and Agriculture Committee

Service animal fraud protection for businesses

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directing the department of agriculture, markets, and food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establishing a committee to study the protection of business owners from requests to accommodate customers with fraudulent or untrained service animals.

Directs the department of agriculture, markets, and food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establishes a committee to study protecting business owners from fraudulent service animal requests.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill: I. Directs the department of agriculture, markets, and food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals. II. Establishes a committee to study the protection of business owners from requests to accommodate customers with fraudulent or untrained service animals.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“The department of agriculture, markets, and food shall create forms and make such forms available to lodging or restaurant associations for use, consistent with federal law, to collect information from patrons presenting animals as service animals.”
RSA 167-D:11

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Jerry StringhamDPrime

Public testimony

17 signed in online · 6 wrote testimony

41% support53% oppose6% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“As a healthcare provider in private practice, I strongly support HB424. The frequency with which patients bring clearly fraudulent service animals into my examination room is alarming.…”
— Hilary Hamer, Doversupports
“We already have Federal laws that state a business can ONLY ask if it is a service dog and what task it performs.…”
— Rachel Anderson, Nottinghamopposes
“People with service animals do not need this level of oversight. Businesses should train their staff on how to handle service animal interactions and what a service animal actually looks like.…”
— Krystal Bloom, Francestownopposes
“Requesting information about service animals as outlined in this bill violates the ADA and data suggests existing laws heavily favor business owners.…”
— Alice Bobroff, Manchesteropposes
“I understand the motivation for this bill, and overall support the idea, but I don't support someone having to disclose their health information ("VI. The function the service animal performs to assist the owner.") It really isn't anyone's business.…”
— Heather Fritchy, DERRYneutral

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate14–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 26, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Mar 5, 2025Public hearingHouse Environment and Agriculture1:19:40–1:25:125m 32slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Mar 11, 2025Public hearingHouse Environment and Agriculture2:51:09–2:53:292m 20slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Full Committee Work Session; Executive Session
  • Mar 26, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 9
  2. Mar 5, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 03/05/2025 11:00 am LOB 301-303
  3. Mar 11, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 03/11/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
  4. Mar 11, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/11/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303
  5. Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/11/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 17 P. 16
  6. Mar 26, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 23

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.