# New Hampshire HB1602: creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

New Hampshire HB1602, creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Karen E Ebel (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-04-23 (Sen. Rosenwald Move to Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB1602
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-10
- Last action: 2026-04-23, Sen. Rosenwald Move to Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
- Sponsor: Karen E Ebel (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (720 yes, 664 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Karen E Ebel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Anita D Burroughs (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carry Spier (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Rosenwald (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dick H Thackston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate
- Cosponsor: James L Creighton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jim V. Maggiore (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Judy F. Aron (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Liz F Barbour (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Peter W Bixby (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Interim Study | fail | 128 | 226 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | OTPA | pass | 244 | 112 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Table | fail | 84 | 254 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | OTPA | pass | 264 | 72 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-04-23: Sen. Rosenwald Move to Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/23/2026, Vote 3-0; SC 15 (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Hearing: 04/15/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 13 (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Introduced 03/26/2026 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1278h: MA RC 244-112 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 32 (House)
- 2026-03-26: FLAM # 2026-1278h (Rep. Ebel): AA VV 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 27 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Refer for Interim Study: MF RC 128-226 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 24 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1166h (House)
- 2026-03-19: Majority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/17/2026 (Vote 13-11; RC) (House)
- 2026-03-13: Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2026-03-03: Division I Work Session: 03/13/2026 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2026-02-19: Referred to Finance 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 120 (House)
- 2026-02-19: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0405h: MA RC 264-72 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 118 (House)
- 2026-02-19: Amendment # 2026-0405h: AA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 114 (House)
- 2026-02-19: Lay HB1602 on Table (Rep. McFarlane): MF RC 84-254 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 116 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Removed from Consent (Reps. McFarlane, Granger, Tim Mannion, DeRoy, Drew, Mehegan, C. McGuire, Farrington, Noble, Walker) 02/16/2026 HJ 5 P. 3 (House)
- 2026-02-06: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0405h 02/03/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 7 P. 11 (House)
- 2026-02-04: Executive Session: 02/03/2026 09:15 am GP 153 (House)
- 2026-01-27: Full Committee Work Session: 02/03/2026 09:15 am GP 153 (House)
- 2026-01-21: Full Committee Work Session: 01/27/2026 10:00 am GP 153 (House)
- 2026-01-08: Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 01:00 pm GP 153 (House)
- 2025-12-10: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 27 (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-12-10: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=23976)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=23976)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1602-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).