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HB 545 · 2025 · House · Environment and Agriculture Committee

Chronic wasting disease testing for cervid meat

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requiring certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.

Requires the department of fish and game to maintain a list of states where chronic wasting disease has been reported in cervids and requires certain cervid meat processed outside New Hampshire to be tested for the disease before entering the state.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 6, 2025
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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.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Jack FlanaganRPrime

Public testimony

17 signed in online · 4 wrote testimony

41% support59% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“Yes please. Is there a reason we don’t test the deer that are killed here as well?”
— Margaret Konze, Pembrokesupports
“What does this bill seek to accomplish? CWD is typically passed animal to animal, if the meat has been processed and packaged out of state, the only way for it to impact NH wildlife would be if the hunter then dumped all of their meat in the woods... Maybe a more appropriate bill would be making it a crime to dump out-of-state cervid meat in the wild in New Hampshire.…”
— Philip Andrews, New Ipswichopposes
“Delaying de boned meat coming into the state by sportsman only hurts the hunter as the time needed to test is to great and my force some hunters to leave meat behind”
— Daniel Gooden, Daltonopposes

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

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Hearings

  • 2025-02-1211:00 amHouse Fish and Game and Marine ResourcesLOB 307Public hearingrescheduled

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 15
  2. Jan 9, 2025HouseVacated and Referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources (Rep. J. Aron): MA VV (in recess of) 01/09/2025 HJ 3 P. 27
  3. Feb 12, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 02/12/2025 02:15 pm LOB 307
  4. Feb 13, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/13/2025 11:50 am LOB 307
  5. Feb 13, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 14 P. 9
  6. Mar 6, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 14

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

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