New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 11 R cosponsors

HB 251 — allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons.

Last action — Lay HB251 on Table (Rep. J. Aron): MA RC 226-115 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 105

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The bill allows people to own certain types of squirrels and raccoons as pets. The latest action related to the bill was to set it aside for now.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Lay HB251 on Table (Rep. J. Aron): MA RC 226-115 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 105

  2. Removed from Consent (Reps. Korzen, Perez, Popovici-Muller, McFarlane, D. Kelley, Giasson, Granger, Sabourin, Tim Mannion, DeRoy) 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 1

  3. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/11/2025 (Vote 12-2; CC) HC 17 P. 15

  4. Full Committee Work Session: 03/11/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303

  5. Executive Session: 03/11/2025 11:20 am LOB 301-303

  6. Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303

  7. Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303

  8. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 12

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 404 not signed on · 105 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (404)

404 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Table

Passed 226 Yea · 115 Nay · 56 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9091025
Democrat 12517028
Unaffiliated 8602
Independent 0001
Total 223114056
% of votes cast 57%29%0%14%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Nay
Thomas L Kaczynski — Nay
Kimberly A Rice — Yea
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Yea
Patrick N Long — Yea
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Nay
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Michael P Murphy — Not Voting
Sandra L Panek — Not Voting
Suraj Budathoki — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tom D Mannion — Nay
Alexis Simpson Democrat Yea
Alice Wade Democrat Nay
Alicia Gregg Democrat Not Voting
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Yea
Allison Knab Democrat Yea
Amy Malone Democrat Yea
Anita Burroughs Democrat Not Voting
Barry Faulkner Democrat Yea
Beth Richards Democrat Yea
Bill Bolton Democrat Yea
Brian Sullivan Democrat Yea
Buzz Scherr Democrat Yea
Carrie Sorensen Democrat Yea
Carry Spier Democrat Yea
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Yea
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Yea
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Not Voting
Chris McAleer Democrat Yea
Chris Muns Democrat Yea
Christal Lloyd Democrat Yea
Christine Seibert Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Not Voting
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
Dale Swanson Democrat Yea
Dan Bergeron Democrat Yea
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Yea
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Yea
David Fracht Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Yea
David Meuse Democrat Yea
David Nagel Democrat Yea
David Paige Democrat Nay
David Preece Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Yea
Dru Fox Democrat Yea
Efstathia Booras Democrat Not Voting
Eileen Kelly Democrat Yea
Eleana Colby Democrat Yea
Ellen Read Democrat Nay
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Yea
Eric Gallager Democrat Yea
Eric Turer Democrat Nay
Erica de Vries Democrat Yea
Erik Johnson Democrat Yea
Erin Kerwin Democrat Not Voting
Fred Davis Democrat Not Voting
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Yea
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Yea
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Yea
Gregory Sargent Democrat Yea
Heath Howard Democrat Yea
Heather Baldwin Democrat Yea
Heather Raymond Democrat Yea
Hope Damon Democrat Yea
James Gruber Democrat Yea
James MacKay Democrat Nay
James Newsom Democrat Yea
James Roesener Democrat Not Voting
Janet Lucas Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jared Sullivan Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Not Voting
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Not Voting
Jerry Stringham Democrat Yea
Jessica Grill Democrat Nay
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
Jim Snodgrass Democrat Yea
Jodi Newell Democrat Yea
John Cloutier Democrat Yea
John Larochelle Democrat Yea
John Stone Democrat Not Voting
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Nay
Julie Gilman Democrat Not Voting
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Karen Hegner Democrat Yea
Kat McGhee Democrat Yea
Kate Murray Democrat Yea
Kathy Staub Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Nay
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Lee Ann Kluger Democrat Yea
Lily Foss Democrat Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Yea
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Linda Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Ryan Democrat Nay
Loren Foxx Democrat Yea
Loren Selig Democrat Not Voting
Louis Juris Democrat Yea
Lucius Parshall Democrat Not Voting
Lucy Weber Democrat Yea
Luz Bay Democrat Yea
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Yea
Marc Plamondon Democrat Yea
Marjorie Smith Democrat Yea
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Not Voting
Mark Paige Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Not Voting
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Georges Democrat Yea
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Yea
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Yea
Matthew Hicks Democrat Not Voting
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Not Voting
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Molly Howard Democrat Yea
Muriel Hall Democrat Yea
Myles England Democrat Not Voting
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Ned Raynolds Democrat Not Voting
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicole Leapley Democrat Yea
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peggy Balboni Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Not Voting
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Philip Jones Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Russell Muirhead Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Yea
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Yea
Santosh Salvi Democrat Yea
Seth Miller Democrat Yea
Stephanie Grund Democrat Yea
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Not Voting
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Yea
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Yea
Susan Elberger Democrat Yea
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Yea
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Yea
Terry Spahr Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Yea
Thomas Oppel Democrat Yea
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Not Voting
Tim Hartnett Democrat Yea
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Not Voting
Toni Weinstein Democrat Yea
Tony Caplan Democrat Yea
Tracy Bricchi Democrat Nay
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Yea
Wayne Burton Democrat Yea
Wayne Pearson Democrat Yea
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Will Darby Democrat Yea
William Dolan Democrat Not Voting
William Palmer Democrat Yea
Zoe Manos Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Not Voting
Aboul Khan Republican Yea
Adam Presa Republican Yea
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Not Voting
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Nay
Bill Ohm Republican Nay
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Nay
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Nay
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Brian Taylor Republican Yea
Bryan Morse Republican Nay
Calvin Beaulier Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Nay
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Nay
Claudine Burnham Republican Nay
Clayton Wood Republican Nay
Cyril Aures Republican Nay
Dale Girard Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Nay
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Nay
Darrell Louis Republican Nay
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Yea
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Nay
Debra DeSimone Republican Not Voting
Denis Murphy Republican Nay
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Nay
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Nay
Dillon Dumont Republican Nay
Donald McFarlane Republican Nay
Donald Selby Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Not Voting
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Nay
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
Henry Giasson Republican Nay
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Nay
James Summers Republican Nay
James Thibault Republican Nay
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Nay
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Not Voting
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Nay
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Nay
Joe Sweeney Republican Nay
John Hunt Republican Not Voting
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Suiter Republican Not Voting
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Nay
Joseph Barton Republican Nay
Joseph Guthrie Republican Not Voting
Joseph Hamblen Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Not Voting
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Not Voting
Kathleen Paquette Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Nay
Kristine Perez Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Not Voting
Lex Berezhny Republican Nay
Lilli Walsh Republican Nay
Linda Franz Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Linda McGrath Republican Nay
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Nay
Lisa Post Republican Nay
Liz Barbour Republican Not Voting
Lori Korzen Republican Nay
Lorie Ball Republican Nay
Louise Andrus Republican Nay
Margaret Drye Republican Yea
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Nay
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Not Voting
Mark Warden Republican Not Voting
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Nay
Matt Drew Republican Nay
Matthew Coker Republican Not Voting
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Nay
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Nay
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Nay
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Nay
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Not Voting
Peter Mehegan Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Nay
Pierre Dupont Republican Nay
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Raymond Peeples Republican Nay
Raymond Plante Republican Nay
Rich Nalevanko Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Riché Colcombe Republican Nay
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Ricky Devoid Republican Yea
Rita Mattson Republican Nay
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Robert Wherry Republican Nay
Robley Hall Republican Yea
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Nay
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Samuel Farrington Republican Nay
Sayra DeVito Republican Not Voting
Scott Bryer Republican Nay
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Nay
Shane Sirois Republican Nay
Sheri Minor Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Nay
Skip Rollins Republican Nay
Sly Karasinski Republican Nay
Stephen Boyd Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan DeRoy Republican Nay
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Nay
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Not Voting
Thomas Walsh Republican Nay
Tim Mannion Republican Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Nay
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Nay
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Nay
Vicki Wilson Republican Nay
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 251 do?
The bill allows people to own certain types of squirrels and raccoons as pets. The latest action related to the bill was to set it aside for now.
Who sponsors HB 251?
HB 251 is sponsored by Brian Cole (Republican), Jess Edwards (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Judy Aron (Republican), Bill Boyd (Republican), Travis Corcoran (Republican), Keith Murphy (Republican), Donald McFarlane (Republican), James Spillane (Republican), Lino Avellani (Republican), and Jeanine Notter (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 251?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 251?
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