HB 403 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0453
08/06
HOUSE BILL 403
AN ACT relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages in refillable containers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep.
Belanger, Rock. 9; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the sale of alcoholic beverages in misbranded refillable containers at the
direction of the buyer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 403 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0453
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages in refillable containers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Branding on Refillable Containers. Amend RSA 175 by inserting after section 2
2 the following new section:
3 175:2-a Branding on Refillable Containers. Where the retail sale of any beverage in a refillable
4 container has been authorized, a licensee may fill a container with a beverage that does not match
5 the labeling on the container at the direction of the buyer.
6 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.