New Hampshire horse owners galvanized to prevent the passage of a bill that would require registration and vaccination fees, according to a story in the Concord Monitor.

Rep. Carla Skinder of Cornish was the sponsor of the legislation, which proposed a $25 registration fee and a requirement to have horses vaccinated against rabies annually—and by a veterinarian.

Horse owners were strongly opposed to the legislation, calling it a “horse tax,” the Monitor says.

The state’s horse groups worked together to inform their legislators and Skinder of their opposition.

At the New Hampshire House Local and Regulated Revenues Committee last week, Skinder, a Democrat from Cornish, reversed her position on the bill, which she’d originally said would protect horse health and fund services. At the committee meeting she asked for a “will not pass” designation for the bill. That usually means it doesn’t end up in the full legislature.

Hundreds of horse owners opposed to the bill, showed up at the hearing venue, according to the Monitor. Laurie Weir, the president of the New Hampshire Horse Council, described the bill's opposition as unanimous.

"It was really wonderful how everyone came together," she said.

Rep. Tim Butterworth, a Democrat from Chesterfield, told the Monitor he expected that the committee would comply with Skinder's wishes to drop the bill.