Policy & Legislation

NH Solid Waste Legislation Updates - 2024 Session

The New Hampshire Legislature's 2024 session is complete. NRRA tracked bills regarding solid waste and recycling throughout the legislative session. Please check back frequently for updates. This page was last revised on August 27, 2024.

Need a refresher about how the legislative process works in New Hampshire? Here's an overview of how a bill becomes a law. A Glossary of Terms is also provided at the end of this update. 

Successful 2024 Legislation

2024 House & Senate Bills that have been signed into law:

• HB 1181: relative to solid waste districts
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Daniel Veilleux
  • Amended and Passed by both the House and Senate
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on July 3, 2024

• HB 1221: relative to including solid waste landfills in the definition of development of regional impact
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Chuck Grassie
  • Amended and Passed by Senate, House Concurred with Senate Amendment
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on July 19, 2024

• HB 1371: relative to allowing the land use master plan to include a section on waste reduction
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Karen Ebel
  • Passed both the House and Senate
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on July 26, 2024

• HB 1386: relative to prohibiting the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in solid waste landfill facilities, composting facilities, or incinerators
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Karen Ebel
  • Article: Sununu signs bill that stems fire hazard at NH landfills - NH Bulletin
  • House and Senate Amendments finalized and Passed through Conference Committee
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on August 23, 2024

• HB 1490: relative to the solid waste management act
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Karen Ebel
  • Passed the House and Senate
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on July 12, 2024

• HB 1649: relative to prohibiting certain products with intentionally added PFAS
  
  • Prime Sponsor: Karen Ebel
  • Article: Sununu signs one bill targeting ‘forever chemicals’ but vetoes another - NH Bulletin
  • Amended and Passed by Senate, House Concurred with Senate Amendment
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on August 2, 2024

• SB 329: relative to background checks of certain persons associated with solid waste management
  • Prime Sponsor: Howard Pearl
  • Passed the Senate and House
  • Signed by Governor Sununu on June 14, 2024

Resources: The General Court of New Hampshire

Glossary of Terms

Indefinitely postpone:

• Bill considered killed.

Inexpedient to legislate (ITL):

• A recommendation by the committee indicating that the committee is against the bill.
• Bill considered killed.

Legislative Service Request (LSR):

• An LSR is a filing made by a legislator for a proposed bill and submitted to the Office of Legislative Services to have a bill drafted. It is then assigned a bill docket number. Draft bills come from the 400 elected members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the 24 members of the New Hampshire Senate.

Ought to pass (OTP):

• A recommendation by the committee indicating that the committee supports the bill.

Ought to pass as amended (OTPA):

• A recommendation by the committee indicating that the committee supports the bill with an amendment(s).

Refer to interim study:

•  The committee would like the House or Senate to send it back down to the committee for further analysis.

Tabled:

• A legislative body adopts a motion to suspend consideration of a bill indefinitely.

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