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HB544: relative to state authority over firearms and ammunition.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Jennifer Coffey House · Merr 6
- David Welch House · Rock 8
- Shawn Jasper House · Hills 27
- Elaine Swinford House · Belk 5
- John Anthony Simmons House · Hills 17
- Mark Warden House · Hills 7
- Daniel Itse House · Rock 9
- Groen House · Straf 1
- Larry G Gagne House · Hills 13
- Kenneth Kreis House · Merr 6
- Sharon M. Carson Senate · Dist 14
- Jeb Bradley Senate · Dist 3
- David Boutin Senate · Dist 16
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Public safety
Official links
CHAPTER 139
HB 544 – FINAL VERSION
05/11/11 1783s
2011 SESSION
11-0009
04/05
HOUSE BILL 544
AN ACT relative to state authority over firearms and ammunition.
ANALYSIS
This bill adds knives to the list of firearms, ammunition, and firearms-related items over which the state has authority.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0009
04/05
05/11/11 1783s
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to state authority over firearms and ammunition.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
139:1 Firearms and Ammunition; Authority of the State. Amend RSA 159:26 to read as follows:
159:26 Firearms [and], Ammunition, and Knives; Authority of the State.
I. To the extent consistent with federal law, the state of New Hampshire shall have authority and jurisdiction over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, [or] firearms supplies, or knives in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision may regulate the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, or firearms supplies in the state. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting a political subdivision’s right to adopt zoning ordinances for the purpose of regulating firearms or knives businesses in the same manner as other businesses or to take any action allowed under RSA 207:59.
II. Upon the effective date of this section, all municipal ordinances and regulations not authorized under paragraph I relative to the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearm components, ammunition, [or] firearms supplies, or knives shall be null and void.
139:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 7, 2011
Effective Date: August 6, 2011