Finance - Division I advances House Bill 1128 after adding livestock-cruelty language

A Finance - Division I committee voted to advance House Bill 1128 as amended after the panel adopted Amendment 2026-1822s, which the chair said incorporates language from previously passed livestock-cruelty statutes.

The Chair opened the session, noted one bill remained and called for a motion to pass House Bill 11 28. An amendment (2026-1822s) was offered "that adds the language from the livestock cruelty statutes," the Chair said, and members seconded the motion to consider the amendment. The committee approved the amendment by voice vote and then voted the bill out as amended.

Senator Rosenwald said she would vote against the bill because it includes Section 1, a provision she described as related to cloud seeding. Rosenwald said cloud seeding is not being carried out in New Hampshire, recalled attempts in the 1950s and listed substances she said are used in cloud-seeding efforts — "dry ice, sodium chloride known as table salt, calcium chloride ... and some iodides" — and said she would have supported the measure if Section 1 had been removed.

The committee chair called the voice vote on whether the bill "ought to pass as amended;" several members answered "Aye," and the chair announced the motion carried. The panel completed other business, the chair praised Senator Avard for his work leading the committee this year while noting he was absent, and then the committee adjourned.

The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; the only named recorded vote in the audio was Senator Rosenwald's stated opposition. The record does not specify the full text of Section 1 or further legislative steps for the bill.