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HB467: relative to public playground accessibility.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 HB467
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
Senate Commerce
Hearing
03/21/2023 at 09:15 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Commerce

Official links

CHAPTER 196

HB 467-FN - FINAL VERSION

05/18/2023 1874s

2023 SESSION

23-0543

04/10

HOUSE BILL 467-FN

AN ACT relative to public playground accessibility.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires public playgrounds constructed on or after January 1, 2024 to have resilient solid surface materials for accessibility to the playground and each piece of equipment.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/18/2023 1874s 23-0543

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to public playground accessibility.

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

196:1 New Subdivision; Public Playground Accessibility. Amend RSA 155 by inserting after section 82 the following new subdivision:

Public Playground Accessibility

155:83 Public Playground Accessibility. Any public playground constructed on or after January 1, 2024 shall, in addition to meeting general safety standards and Americans With Disabilities Act standards, include accessible pathways made from resilient solid surface material that is not a loose fill or aggregate, beginning at the entrance of the playground, continuing to each piece of playground equipment, and extending to the playground exit.

196:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: August 04, 2023

Effective Date: October 03, 2023