HB 1159 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2165
02/05
HOUSE BILL 1159
AN ACT relative to toilet facilities provided by restaurants and other food establishments.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 25
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill would require that restaurants designed to seat 50 or more patrons have at least 2 separate toilet rooms, and eliminates the requirement for separate bathrooms to be gender-specific.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2165
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to toilet facilities provided by restaurants and other food establishments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Toilet Facilities to be Provided for Restaurants, Etc. Amend RSA 155:40, I to read as follows:
I. All places where the business of serving food to the public is conducted shall be equipped with toilet and lavatory facilities convenient of access for the use of patrons. At least 2 separate toilet rooms [for each sex] shall be provided for patrons of any restaurant designed to seat [25] 50 or more patrons at one time or for patrons of any food establishment where alcoholic beverages are served. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall have the authority to waive the requirements of this section for such businesses having 5 or fewer seats, for good cause shown, provided the business is unable to comply with this section because it does not have toilet or lavatory facilities on the effective date of this section as amended, and can show that the requirements of this section would cause substantial hardship.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 30, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 30, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 20, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 20, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
March 28, 2024: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 7
March 20, 2024: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/20/2024 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5
March 13, 2024: Executive Session: 03/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
March 13, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 307
March 7, 2024: Subcommittee Work Session: 03/13/2024 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
Jan. 26, 2024: Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
Jan. 25, 2024: Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
Jan. 24, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
Nov. 28, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs