Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:21 a.m.
HB 1483 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2639
08/01
HOUSE BILL 1483
AN ACT relative to allowing dogs on open air restaurant patios.
SPONSORS: Rep. Horn, Merr. 2
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows dogs on open air restaurant patios.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2639
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to allowing dogs on open air restaurant patios.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Dogs on Restaurant Patios. RSA 466:44, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II. A restaurant owner may allow dogs onto any patio at his or her place of business, if such dogs and owners access to the patio from the exterior of the restaurant, regardless of whether food or drink are served on such patio. In this paragraph "patio" means an open air, exterior, paved space with an entrance separate from the restaurant. Such dogs shall not be allowed in food preparation or production areas. A restaurant owner allowing dogs shall prominently display a sign at all public entrances advising patrons that dogs are allowed on the premises. This paragraph shall not apply to service animals as defined by RSA 167-D:1, IV.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.