New Hampshire SB 510: relative to municipal notice of leases on tax-exempt property.

Bill Text

SB 510 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2106

 06/07

SENATE BILL 510

AN ACT ensuring state-operated, publicly accessible spaces have designated smoking areas undetectable to visitors.

SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires that any designated smoking area on publicly-owned or publicly-operated property accessible to the public is constructed or maintained so that cigarette smoke is not detectable by sight or smell in any public or common area. It exempts properties or areas under state control that are not accessible to the visiting public.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2106

 06/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT ensuring state-operated, publicly accessible spaces have designated smoking areas undetectable to visitors.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Indoor Smoking Act; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 155:66 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph: 

 II-a. Any publicly-owned or publicly-operated property accessible to the public shall provide, if smoking is not entirely prohibited on the premises, a designated smoking area that is constructed or maintained so that smoke is not detectable in any public or common area. This provision shall not apply to publicly-owned property or areas under state control that are not accessible to the visiting public.

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

 LBA

 26-2106

 Revised 03/26/2026

SB 510-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT ensuring state-operated, publicly accessible spaces have designated smoking areas undetectable to visitors.

FISCAL IMPACT: 

 The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill has no fiscal impact on state, county 
 and local expenditures or revenue.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

 None