Bill Text: NH SB103 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Limiting food and beverage advertising and marketing on school property.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/04/2017 House Journal 15 P. 17 [SB103 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB103-Introduced.html
SB 103 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0922
05/04
SENATE BILL 103
AN ACT limiting food and beverage advertising and marketing on school property.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Gidge, Hills. 33
COMMITTEE: Education
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This bill restricts the advertising and marketing of food and beverages that may not be sold on school property during the school day.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0922
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT limiting food and beverage advertising and marketing on school property.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; School Boards; Limitations on Corporate Advertising and Marketing. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 15-a the following new section:
189:15-b Regulation of Food and Beverage Advertising in Schools.
I. Except as provided in paragraph II, a school district shall prohibit at any school within the district, during school hours:
(a) The advertising of any food or beverage that may not be sold at school during the school day. For purposes of this section, food and beverages that may not be sold at school during the day are those that do not meet the minimum nutrition standards as set forth by the school district, following the nutritional standards as required under the department of education rules for nutritional foods. Advertising shall be prohibited on any property or facility owned or leased by the school district or a school and used any time for school-related activities, including but not limited to, school buildings, athletic fields, facilities, signs, scoreboards upon replacement, parking lots, school buses or other school district vehicles, equipment, vending machines upon contract renewal, school district-provided uniforms, school district-developed educational material or approved book covers for distribution.
(b) The participation in a corporate incentive program that rewards children when they reach certain academic goals with free or discounted foods and beverages that may not be sold at school during the school day.
II. This section shall not apply to:
(a) Advertising on broadcast, digital, or print media, unless the media are produced or controlled by the school district, school, faculty or its students.
(b) Advertising on clothing with brand images worn on school grounds.
(c) Advertising contained on product packaging of items brought in by students for self consumption.
(d) Advertising on vehicles owned and operated by a food or beverage company on school property while in the process of delivering to the school or servicing company owned equipment leased to the school.
(e) Advertising on vending machines located in faculty lounges or other areas with restricted student access.
(f) Trademarks on items or literature when such materials are used as part of a school authorized educational event, activity, or presentation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
