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HB396 Relative to the processing of beef cows, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.

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Relative to the processing of beef cows, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Makes locally raised meat more affordable by reducing processing costs and wait times for small farmers.

7
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Your Community

Strengthens local food systems, supports small farms, and improves food security by reducing dependence on distant processing plants.

7
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Your Freedom

Expands agricultural freedom for small farmers and consumer choice for locally raised meat.

Status

House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1719s (Rep. J. Aron): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/21/2026 House Journal 14

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

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R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Barbara Comtois (R)

The Short Version

Allows livestock processing at non-USDA-certified facilities, expanding options for small farmers to process their own animals. Passed House with strong bipartisan support. Addresses the shortage of processing facilities that bottlenecks local food production.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Small livestock farmers
  • ▲ Local food advocates
  • ▲ Consumers wanting locally raised meat
  • ▲ Rural communities

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Those concerned about food safety without USDA certification

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 174 for , 7 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 40 for , 112 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

174R + 40D
Voted to Pass (214)
7R + 112D
Voted Against (119)
42
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (214)

Republicans (174)
Democrats (40)

Voted Nay (119)

Republicans (7)
Democrats (112)
Absent (42)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Fracht (D) , David Lundgren (R) , David Luneau (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Plante (R) , Sallie Fellows (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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