Bill Text - HB350 (2009)

Prohibiting the sale and distribution of household cleaning products containing phosphorus.


Revision: Jan. 14, 2009, midnight

HB 350 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

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08/05

HOUSE BILL 350

AN ACT prohibiting the sale and distribution of household cleaning products containing phosphorus.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gottling, Sull 3; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. Millham, Belk 5; Rep. Irwin, Hills 3; Rep. Davis, Merr 7; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Odell, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the sale and distribution of household cleaning products containing phosphorus.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0134

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT prohibiting the sale and distribution of household cleaning products containing phosphorus.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Products Prohibited. Amend RSA 485-A:56 to read as follows:

485-A:56 Products Prohibited. No household cleansing products except those used [in dishwashers or] for lead exposure hazard control purposes shall be distributed, sold or offered for sale in this state, which contain a phosphorus compound in concentrations in excess of a trace quantity.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.