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Committee pauses Agriculture rule adoptions to review long‑expired rules and statutory authority

Rules Committee (Jalcar) · February 20, 2026
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Summary

Members questioned why several Department of Agriculture rules had been expired for decades and asked staff to check whether statutory RSAs already provide needed authority; the committee granted timeline waivers and postponed the item one month to allow the agency to confirm whether rules are required.

The Rules Committee postponed consideration of several Department of Agriculture rules after a lengthy discussion about rules the department said had been expired for many years. Alan Wyman, division director of regulatory services at the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, told the committee the department has prioritized correcting expired rules left over from prior administrations and is working to align rules with updated RSAs.

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