HB 245 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0282
08/04
HOUSE BILL 245
AN ACT relative to the definition of grocery or convenience store.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 4; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that grocery and convenience stores keep a certain value of
inventory in stock.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 245 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0282
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the definition of grocery or convenience store.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Grocery Store; Definition. Amend RSA 175:1, XXXVI to read as follows:
2 XXXVI. "Grocery or convenience store" means any retail establishment where groceries are
3 regularly and customarily sold for consumption off premises. [Such establishment shall have and
4 maintain groceries which are readily available to the public, the wholesale value of which shall not
5 be less than $3,000, exclusive of cigarettes, magazines, newspapers, wine and beverages. Such
6 groceries shall be representative of grocery items commonly found in such stores.]
7 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 175:1
latest version: 175:1