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Families and survivors urge ban on retail sales of nitrous oxide as committee considers HB 16‑30
Summary
Supporters, including the bill sponsor, law enforcement and people with lived experience, urged senators to criminalize retail sales of nitrous oxide for recreational use, describing easy availability at smoke shops and severe neurological and psychiatric harms; advocates urged liquor‑license enforcement and cited multistate activity on similar bills.
The Commerce Committee heard emotional and detailed testimony in support of House Bill 16‑30, which would prohibit retail sales of nitrous oxide for recreational inhalation while permitting legitimate industrial or medical uses.
"This bill would make the toxic inhalants addressed in this bill less accessible to those who would seek to misuse them," Representative Nancy Murphy told the committee, adding that the proposal was drafted after concerned parents requested action. The sponsor said the bill focuses on sales — not possession or use — and…
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