New Hampshire HB 1258: relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

Bill Text

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2790

 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.