New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 302: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.

Enacted Last action June 20, 2025: Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17

Plain-language summary

SB 302 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. Primary sponsor: Howard Pearl (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Howard Pearl (Republican).