---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting foams containing perfluoroalkyl chemicals for use in fighting fires."
description: "prohibiting foams containing perfluoroalkyl chemicals for use in fighting fires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 257 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/086a2c6b-e429-4e2e-8200-383912e76ff1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1011&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "32558f428222be4970862ffb7e2b02947471598dee0d3d7c196694ab659be431"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 257 (2019) — prohibiting foams containing perfluoroalkyl chemicals for use in fighting fires.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2019-1547h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1547h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Levesque — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-25** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/06/2019, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 9
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0845s, 03/14/2019; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0845s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0845s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** ==TIME CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 01:00 pm LOB 306
- **2019-04-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/09/2019 01:30 pm LOB 306
- **2019-04-10** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2019 01:30 pm LOB 306
- **2019-04-23** Executive Session: 04/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 306
- **2019-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1547h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 23 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1547h: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 5
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1547h: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 5 `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-09-05** Signed by the Governor on 09/03/2019; Chapter 337; Effective 09/03/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/086a2c6b-e429-4e2e-8200-383912e76ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).