New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1789: relative to extended producer responsibility.
Status: Failed, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to extended producer responsibility. Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16; Rep. Raymond, Hills. 5 COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill creates a program to enact extended producer responsibility for packaging. This bill also provides for oversight and management of the program through the collection of stewardship fees as managed by producers. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
AN ACT relative to extended producer responsibility. Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16; Rep. Raymond, Hills. 5 COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill creates a program to enact extended producer responsibility for packaging. This bill also provides for oversight and management of the program through the collection of stewardship fees as managed by producers. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2562 08/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to extended producer responsibility. Extended Producer Responsibility 149-M:65 Definitions. I. "Bio-plastic" means plastic produced from biological sources such as vegetable fats and oils, polysaccharides, sugar, proteins, or other …
Sponsors
- Lucius Parshall (D, 8) · primary sponsor
- (D, 13)