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HB 540 · 2025 · House · Ways and Means Committee

Historic horse racing facility license fee

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relative to historic horse racing licenses for large facilities.

Requires facilities operating 1,000 or more historic horse racing machines to pay the lottery commission an annual license fee of $10,000,000.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 6, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill requires facilities with 1,000 or more historic horse racing machines to pay annually to the lottery commission a license fee of $10,000,000.

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

“Any entity licensed pursuant to this section which operates a facility with 1,000 or more historic horse racing machines shall annually pay to the lottery commission a fee of $10,000,000 for each such facility.”
Section 1

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Bill OhmRPrimeClerk· Ways and Means
  • Rep. Susan AlmyDRanking Member· Ways and Means

Also: Rep. Sanjeev ManoharD

Public testimony

5 signed in online

100% support0% oppose0% neutral

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Feb 19, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate17–1
    Overall
    94% yea
  • Mar 6, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 28, 2025Public hearingHouse Ways and Means4:53:56–4:55:131m 17slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Feb 19, 2025Public hearingHouse Ways and Means1:12:44–1:21:038m 19slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
  • Mar 6, 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 Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 15
  2. Jan 28, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/28/2025 02:30 pm LOB 202-204
  3. Feb 19, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/19/2025 10:15 am LOB 201
  4. Feb 21, 2025House==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:15 am LOB 203
  5. Feb 19, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/19/2025 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 14 P. 15
  6. Mar 6, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 22

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

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