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Committee works to protect homestead food producers from municipal licensing limits in 'pickle bill' amendments
Summary
Lawmakers combined amendments to SB418 to prohibit municipalities from requiring licenses or imposing exclusions on homestead food products exempt under RSA 143‑A:12, while preserving municipal authority where statutory licensing explicitly applies.
The committee addressed SB418, colloquially known as the "pickle bill," which would prevent municipalities from requiring local licenses or adding restrictions for homestead food products that the state has exempted under RSA 143‑A:12.
Sponsors and counsel described two parallel amendment packages (1372 and 1377) and agreed to combine them: Representative Bixby's language adds explicit cross‑references to the homestead exemption (RSA 143‑A:5)…
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