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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 198: relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 198 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public. Primary sponsor: Jared Sullivan (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 3, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jared SullivanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouseGrafton 2
Heath HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseStrafford 4
Jonah Orion WheelerCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1
  2. Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
  3. Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, RC 12Y-10N, MA; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
  4. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19
  5. Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 17
  6. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10
  7. Ought to Pass: MA RC 208-125 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 45
  8. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  9. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/05/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 17 P. 26
  10. Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
  11. Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
  12. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 10

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source