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HB1379: relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm.

Citation
2008 HB1379
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Interim Study
Committee
HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
01/29/2008 at 11:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts Business and labor Public safety

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HB 1379 – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2443

04/09

HOUSE BILL 1379

AN ACT relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm.

SPONSORS: Rep. Soucy, Hills 17; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Hogan, Hills 25

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that no state agency shall prohibit a any state employee, or other person who contracts with the state, from lawfully carrying a firearm on his or her person while on or in property owned or leased by the state, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2443

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Pistols and Revolvers; State Jurisdiction; Authority of State Agencies. Amend RSA 159 by inserting after section 26 the following new section:

159:27 Authority of State Agencies. No state agency shall prohibit any state employee, or other person who contracts with the state, from lawfully carrying a firearm on his or her person while on or in property owned or leased by the state, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.