Business Regulations

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From occupational licensing to insurance requirements and rules of operation, New Hampshire's business regulations are a significant and complex body of state law. Legislators continue to debate whether and how to simplify regulations without compromising professional standards, public health, and worker safety. See what's on the table for this year or dig deeper into specific areas of controversy.

Critical bills

HB 105 (2023)
Regulate medical spas

HB 119 (2023)
Exempt homestead food operations from licensing and inspection

HB 122 (2023)
Increase size of homestead food operations exempt from licensing and inspection, modify related definitions and regulations

HB 173 (2023)
Remove requirement for separate toilet rooms for each sex in restaurants

HB 226 (2023)
Let towns regulate single use packaging

HB 242 (2023)
Ban PFAS in food packaging

HB 291 (2023)
Misdemeanor for false complaint about a business

HB 300 (2023)
Dispose mass food waste through composting, other landfill alternatives

HB 337 (2023)
Require OPLC to provide public notice of meetings

HB 341 (2023)
License and regulate massage establishments

HB 409 (2023)
Grant barbering, cosmetology licenses based on other state licenses

HB 465 (2023)
Ban manufacture of products with PFAS

HB 507 (2023)
Allow unlicensed/uncertified businesses

HB 594 (2023)
Require OPLC to issue licenses to professionals licensed in another state with similar requirements

SB 197 (2023)
Make various changes to business registrations

SB 201 (2023)
Require ticket resellers to disclose information to buyers

SB 212 (2023)
License and regulate massage establishments

SB 267 (2023)
Require DES review of "cumulative impacts analysis"

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