Bill Text - SB426 (2026)

Repealing the permissible fireworks advisory committee.


Revision: Nov. 21, 2025, 2:48 p.m.

SB 426  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2250

05/06

 

SENATE BILL 426

 

AN ACT repealing the permissible fireworks advisory committee.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Balboni, Rock. 38; Rep. Muns, Rock. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the permissible fireworks advisory committee.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2250

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT repealing the permissible fireworks advisory committee.

 

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

 

1  Reference Removed.  Amend RSA 160-C:16, I(a) to read as follows:

I.(a)  The commissioner may, upon the recommendation of the state fire marshal or the director of state police, at any time [and with notice to the permissible fireworks advisory committee], suspend from retail sale or otherwise order the removal from retail sale of any permissible firework item that poses an imminent threat to life and property.

2  Repeal.  RSA 160-C:13, relative to the permissible fireworks advisory committee, is repealed.

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