New Hampshire SB 462: relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

Bill Text

SB 462 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2252

 05/09

SENATE BILL 462

AN ACT relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

 This bill provides that a qualifying patient's therapeutic use of cannabis shall not affect the individual's right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2252

 05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Therapeutic Use of Cannabis Protections; Right to Purchase, Possess, and Transfer Firearms. Amend RSA 126-X:2 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:

 XVIII. A qualifying patient's therapeutic use of cannabis in accordance with this chapter shall not affect the individual's right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire law.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.