Revision: Dec. 1, 2025, 8:52 a.m.
HB 1141 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2360
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1141
AN ACT prohibiting the extraction of groundwater for the purpose of bottling in plastic bottles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Caplan, Merr. 8; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Parshall, Ches. 8; Rep. Read, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the issuance of new large groundwater withdrawal permits for the commercial sale of bottled or bulk water using any percentage of hydrocarbon-derived plastic as a bottling medium.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2360
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT prohibiting the extraction of groundwater for the purpose of bottling in plastic bottles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Prohibiting Large Groundwater Extraction for Plastic Water. Amend RSA 485-C:21 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. The department shall not approve any new, large groundwater extractions for the commercial sale of bottled or bulk water using any percentage of hydrocarbon-derived plastic as a bottling medium.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.