HB 453 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0908
11/09
HOUSE BILL 453
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 10; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Packard, Rock. 16; Rep. S. Smith, Sull. 3; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits municipalities from banning the use of grounds maintenance and snow and ice removal equipment with internal combustion engines.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0908
11/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Maintenance; Internal Combustion Engines. Amend RSA 41 by inserting after section 11-d the following new section:
41:11-e Grounds Maintenance or Snow and Ice Removal Equipment Powered by Internal Combustion Engines.
A local governing body shall not prohibit a person as defined in RSA 382-A:1-201(b)(27) from operating grounds maintenance or snow and ice removal equipment powered by internal combustion engines on any property within any municipality. A local governing body may prohibit the municipality from purchasing any snow or ice removal equipment powered by internal combustion engines, if a majority of the citizenry of the municipality votes in favor of such prohibition.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 10, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3