HB 119-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0111
08/10
HOUSE BILL 119-FN
AN ACT relative to homestead food operation licensure.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 11; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28; Rep. Coulon, Graf. 5; Rep. Jonathan. Smith, Carr. 5
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum annual gross sales of food a homestead food operation may sell and retain an exemption from food licensing provisions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0111
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to homestead food operation licensure.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Homestead Food Operations; Maximum Annual Gross Sales. Amend RSA 143-A:5, VII to read as follows:
VII. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of [$35,000] $70,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food as defined in RSA 143-A:12, I(b), from the homestead residence, at the owner's farm stand, or at farmers' markets.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0111
10/31/22
HB 119-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to homestead food operation licensure.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Food license fees | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill increases the homestead food operations threshold from $35,000 to $70,000 in annual gross sales. Entities selling less than the threshold amount are not subject to licensure and inspection requirements under RSA 143-A. The Department of Health and Human Services states that since it does not track homestead food operations by gross sales, it is unable to determine how many establishments would no longer require inspections or pay the annual food service licensure fee. The fiscal impact to the state general fund (into which the fees are deposited) is therefore indeterminable. The impact on department workload due to a presumed decrease in inspections is likewise indeterminable.
It is assumed there will be no fiscal impact until FY 2024.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services