New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire SB585: relative to audits for communications districts.
Status: Passed one chamber, May 21, 2026
What the bill says
An act establishing standards for the training of comfort dogs. Rep. Cole, Hills. 26; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Korzen, Coos 7; Rep. Labrie, Hills. 2; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13 COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill defines facility comfort dogs and requires training for facility comfort dogs to be certified as such. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter ad.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT establishing standards for the training of comfort dogs. Rep. Cole, Hills. 26; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Korzen, Coos 7; Rep. Labrie, Hills. 2; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13 COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill defines facility comfort dogs and requires training for facility comfort dogs to be certified as such. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2857 08/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT establishing standards for the training of comfort dogs. CHAPTER 167-E COMFORT DOG CERTIFICATION 167-E:1 Definitions. I. "Facility comfort dog" means an agency owned dog that provides support to the public and has …
Sponsors
- Mark McConkey (R, 3) · primary sponsor
- Howard Pearl (R, 17)
- (R, 11)