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SB 226 · 2026 · Senate · Energy and Natural Resources Committee

New landfill application moratorium

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suspending applications for new landfills and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.

Suspends applications for new landfills and establishes a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.AI-generated

Status

Referred to interim study (Senate) · January 7, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill suspends applications for new landfills and establishes a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“In order to ensure that any new landfills are sited properly, meet the need of public benefit, and are aligned with New Hampshire's solid waste goals, the statutory process for issuing permits for the construction of a new landfill under RSA 149-M:9 are hereby suspended until July 1, 2031.”
Section 1
“Nothing in section 1 of this act shall be construed to prohibit the expansion or modification of any landfill facilities on any site on which, as of December 1, 2022, a RCRA Subtitle D landfill exists that has been fully permitted.”
Section 2
“Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.”
Section 4
“The committee shall review the permit process; current prohibitions; the environmental impact include effects on air, soil and water; and the impact incineration solid waste would have on landfill capacity.”
Section 5

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. David RochefortRPrimeChair· Health and Human Services
  • Sen. Denise RicciardiRDeputy Majority Leader
  • Rep. Nicholas GermanaDDeputy Democratic Floor Leader

Also: Sen. Donovan FentonD, Rep. Jonah WheelerD

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 6, 2025SenateCommittee report: Rereferred to Committee4–1
    Overall
    80% yea
  • Mar 6, 2025SenateVoice voteRereferred to Committeeadopted
  • Jan 7, 2026SenateCommittee reportCommittee report: Referred to Interim Study5–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Jan 7, 2026SenateVoice voteRefer to Interim Studyadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Mar 6, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Rereferred to Committee; Rereferred to Committee — adopted, voice vote
  • Jan 7, 2026Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Referred to Interim Study; Refer to Interim Study — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3
  2. Feb 18, 2025SenHearing: 02/18/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 10
  3. Mar 6, 2025Sen: Rereferred to Committee, 03/06/2025, Vote 4-1, CC SC 11
  4. Mar 6, 2025SenRereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  5. Jan 7, 2026SenCommittee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 46
  6. Jan 7, 2026SenRefer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 01/07/2026; SJ 1

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.