Revision: March 12, 2020, 3:02 p.m.
HB 1472 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0697h
2020 SESSION
20-2511
06/08
HOUSE BILL 1472
AN ACT restricting the distribution of plastic straws.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Balch, Hills. 38; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits food service businesses from providing a single-use plastic straw to a customer unless specifically requested.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0697h 20-2511
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT restricting the distribution of plastic straws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Purpose; Solid Waste Management Methods. In accordance with RSA 149-M:2 and RSA 149-M:3, which establishes source reduction as the waste management method with the highest priority in the hierarchy of solid waste management methods to be used by the department of environmental services, the distribution of single-use plastic straws in New Hampshire shall be restricted in accordance with this subdivision.
2 New Subdivision; Prohibition of Single-Use Plastic Straws. Amend RSA 149-M by inserting after section 60 the following new subdivision:
Prohibition of Single-Use Plastic Straws
149-M:61 Definitions. In this subdivision:
I. "Single-use plastic straw" means a single-use, disposable tube made predominantly of plastic derived from either petroleum or a biologically based polymer, such as corn or other plant sources, used to transfer a beverage from a container to the mouth of a person drinking the beverage. "Single-use plastic straw" does not include a straw made from a non-plastic material, including, but not limited to, paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, or bamboo.
II. "Food service business" means a business that sells or provides beverages or food and beverages for consumption on or off the premises, and includes, but is not limited to, any restaurant, cafe, delicatessen, coffee shop, vending truck or cart, movie theater, or business or institutional cafeteria, including those operated by or on behalf of the state. "Food service business" shall not include any health care facility required to be licensed under RSA 151:2.
149-M:62 Plastic Straw Restriction. A food service business shall provide a single-use plastic straw to a customer only when explicitly requested by the customer, or when a customer selects a single-use plastic straw from a self-service dispenser. This section shall be exempt from RSA 149-M:5.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect one year after its passage.