Bill Text - HB81 (2025)

(NEW TITLE) relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.


Revision: Feb. 13, 2025, 10:58 a.m.

HB 81 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2025 SESSION

25-0105

08/09

 

HOUSE BILL 81

 

AN ACT relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Sullivan, Graf. 2; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 2; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Tom. Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes restrooms from the list of areas not approved for the serving or consumption of beverages or liquor.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.

 

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

 

1  Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Restrooms Permissible.  Amend RSA 179:27, II to read as follows:

II. No beverages or liquor shall be served or consumed in foyers, hallways, kitchens, [restrooms,] or other areas not approved for service by the commission.

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