Bill Text - HB167 (2025)

Prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.


Revision: Jan. 4, 2025, 10:17 p.m.

HB 167-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0141

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 167-FN

 

AN ACT prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0141

08/

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Consumer Products; PFAS Use Restricted; Waxes for Boats, Skis, and Boards.  Amend RSA 149-M:64, IV by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i)  Waxes produced for use on boats, skis, surfboards, bodyboards, or skimboards.

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

 

LBA

25-0141

10/25/24

 

HB 167-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2028.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Environmental Services