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SB23: legalizing firecrackers.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2017 SB23
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Bill details

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House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Concurred
Committee
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
03/15/2017 at 10:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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CHAPTER 79

SB 23 - FINAL VERSION

20Apr2017... 0884h

2017 SESSION

17-0804

05/09

SENATE BILL 23

AN ACT legalizing firecrackers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Hynes, Hills. 21; Rep. O'Day, Ches. 11; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill legalizes the sale of firecrackers.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Apr2017... 0884h 17-0804

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT legalizing firecrackers.

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

79:1 Definition of Permissible Fireworks. Amend RSA 160-C:1, V to read as follows:

V. "Permissible fireworks'' means consumer fireworks, except for those items that are prohibited pursuant to RSA 160-B:16[, 160-B:16-b,] and 160-B:16-c.

79:2 Repeal. RSA 160-B:16-b, relative to the prohibition on the retail sale of firecrackers, is repealed.

79:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 02, 2017

Effective Date: June 02, 2017