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HB1258 • 2026

relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

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Sponsor
Suzanne Vail (D), Kat McGhee (D), Jennifer Mandelbaum (D), Wendy Thomas (D), Nancy Murphy (D), Debra Altschiller (D), David Meuse (D), Rosemarie Rung (D)
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HOUSE
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relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

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Official Summary Text

relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

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HB 1258 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2790
08/09

HOUSE BILL
1258

AN ACT
relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vail, Hills. 6; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 37; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 35; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of environmental services to publish certain data relative to PFAS testing results on its public website.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2790
08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

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

1 New Paragraph; Publication of PFAS Testing Results. Amend RSA 485-A:4 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:
XIX.(a) To publish on its public website the results of all PFAS sampling and testing conducted, received, or compiled by the department, including but not limited to:
(1) Public water systems;
(2) Private wells tested under state-funded or state-contracted programs;
(3) Surface water, groundwater, soil, and sediment sampling conducted or overseen by the department;
(4) Biosolids, sludge, septage, compost, or other residuals tested or overseen by the department, including land application sites;
(5) Biomonitoring or fish tissue studies conducted or overseen by the department; and
(6) Air emissions.
(b) To publish results in a format searchable by location, date, and PFAS contaminant, and to enable data export.
(c) To update and maintain availability of published reports every 6 months.
(d) To protect the personally identifiable information of private well owners and residents while providing sufficient location detail to inform the public of the extent of PFAS contamination.

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