Revision: Feb. 18, 2025, 9:31 a.m.
HB 496-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0820
08/11
HOUSE BILL 496-FN
AN ACT requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores.
SPONSORS: Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Haskins, Rock. 11; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the liquor commission to produce and distribute information about alcohol use disorder at liquor stores.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0820
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Advertising; Alcohol Use Disorder; Distribution of Informational Materials. Amend RSA 175:4 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. The commission shall prepare, in conjunction with the department of health and human services’ division for behavioral health, informational materials related to considering and identifying the signs of alcohol use disorder and accessing resources available for persons who may have concerns about alcohol use disorder. The latter information shall refer individuals to the 988 or 211 crisis line(s) or equivalent referral resource. Such materials shall be distributed to the consumer with each purchase made at a state liquor store by at least one of the following means: as part of the printed or electronic receipt for the purchase; on bags or other packaging materials; as a separate printed item. Similar information shall also displayed in each state liquor store in either printed poster or electronic static or video format. The content developed under this paragraph may also be re-formatted and distributed by the liquor commission via any other print, signage, and/or electronic means, and to any other group of recipients in any suitable venue, that the commission may deem appropriate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0820
Revised 2/17/25
HB 496-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable Increase Up to $500k | Indeterminable Increase Up to $500k | Indeterminable Increase Up to $500k | ||
Funding Source(s) | Liquor Fund and General Fund | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Liquor Commission to produce and distribute information about alcohol use disorder at liquor stores. The Liquor Commission provided the following information regarding the fiscal impact of the bill:
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2025.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Liquor Commission