HB1743 Requiring disclosure of radiation levels emitted by smart meters.
Requiring disclosure of radiation levels emitted by smart meters.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Disclosure requirements add modest costs to utilities that would be passed to ratepayers for minimal practical benefit.
Your Community
Could feed unfounded health fears about smart meters, which emit far less RF energy than cell phones and are well within safety limits.
Your Freedom
While transparency is generally positive, this targets a non-issue given smart meters are already FCC-regulated.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 31
Sponsor
Barbara Comtois (R)
The Short Version
Would require utilities to disclose radiation levels emitted by smart meters. Based on unfounded health concerns about smart meter RF emissions, which are far below FCC safety limits. Killed via ITL voice vote.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Residents concerned about smart meter emissions
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Utilities facing additional disclosure requirements
- ▼ Ratepayers paying for unnecessary compliance
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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