Bill Text: NH HB1645 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 149-146 03/10/2016 House Journal 25 P. 115 [HB1645 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1645-Introduced.html
HB 1645 1645 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2017
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1645
AN ACT relative to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Duarte, Rock. 2; Rep. Tamburello, Rock. 5; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Avellani, Carr. 5; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Eastman, Hills. 28; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Whitehouse, Straf. 2; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill amends the statute relating to carrying a pistol or revolver concealed in a vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2017
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Pistols and Revolvers; Carrying Without License. Amend RSA 159:4 to read as follows:
159:4 Carrying Without License. No person shall carry a loaded pistol or revolver [in any vehicle or] concealed upon his or her person or concealed in any vehicle, except in his or her dwelling, house, or place of business, without a valid license therefor as hereinafter provided. A loaded pistol or revolver shall include any pistol or revolver with a magazine, cylinder, chamber, or clip in which there are loaded cartridges. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall, for the first such offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the second and for each subsequent violation of the provisions of this section, such person shall be guilty of a class B felony, provided such second or subsequent violation has occurred within 7 years of the previous conviction.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
