CHAPTER 19

HB 167-FN - FINAL VERSION

2025 SESSION

25-0141

08/06

HOUSE BILL 167-FN

AN ACT prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0141

08/

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.

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

19:1 New Subparagraph; Consumer Products; PFAS Use Restricted; Waxes for Boats, Skis, and Boards. Amend RSA 149-M:64, IV by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i) Waxes produced for use on boats, skis, surfboards, bodyboards, or skimboards.

19:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage. 

Approved: May 14, 2025

Effective Date: July 13, 2025