September 26, 2023
The 2023 legislative session is complete. Here is a list of the House and Senate bills related to solid waste management and recycling in New Hampshire, as well as the outcome of the bills by the end of the session.
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2023 Legislation
2023 House and Senate Bills
SB159(opens in a new tab): Relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.
Sponsors: (Prime) Senator Donovan Fenton
Passed House and Senate, Signed by Governor on 6/20/2023
SB211(opens in a new tab): Relative to background investigations of solid waste and hazardous waste facility permit applicants.
Sponsors: (Prime) Senator Howard Pearl
Passed House and Senate, Signed by Governor on 6/20/2023
HB 253(opens in a new tab): Establishing a committee to study extended producer responsibility.
Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Lucius Parshall
Passed both House and Senate, Enrolled adopted
HB 300(opens in a new tab): Prohibiting the disposal of certain food waste.
Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Karen Ebel
Passed in the Budget, signed 6/20/2023
- NH's first ban on food waste becomes law in win for composting (Boston Globe) (opens in a new tab)
HB 462(opens in a new tab): Making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund and targeting food waste reduction and diversion.
Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Karen Ebel
Passed in the Budget, funded at $1,000,000 for the solid waste management fund, with $98,000 of the appropriation funding a food waste planner.
Budget signed 6/20/2023
- HB 56(opens in a new tab) : Relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.
- Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Megan Murray
- Passed through the House, did not pass the Senate, bill killed.
- HB 226(opens in a new tab): Enabling municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills.
- Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Lucius Parshall
- Did not pass the House, inexpedient to legislate
- HB 273(opens in a new tab): Requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.
- Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Eric Gallager
- Did not pass the House, inexpedient to legislate
- HB 242(opens in a new tab): Relative to banning PFAS in food packaging.
- Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Ron Dunn
- Retained in committee
- HB 465(opens in a new tab): Restricting use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in certain consumer products.
- Sponsors: (Prime)Representative Karen Ebel
- Retained in the House Commerce Committee
- HB 602(opens in a new tab): Relative to landfill siting.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Representative Matthew Simon
- Retained in committee
SB61(opens in a new tab): Relative to surface water setbacks for landfills.
Sponsors: (Prime) Senator Kevin Avard
Failed to pass the House
- SB267(opens in a new tab): Relative to rule-making for advanced recycling facilities.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Senator Debra Altschiller
- Retained in committee
- SB227(opens in a new tab): Relative to an assessment of solid waste facility setback requirements and making an appropriation therefor.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Senator David Watters
- Referred to committee