New Hampshire HB 1077: relative to allowing the use of any-action carbines in certain hunting areas.

Bill Text

HB 1077 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

 24-2341

 08/02

HOUSE BILL 1077

AN ACT relative to allowing the use of any-action carbines in certain hunting areas.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. L. Walsh, Rock. 15; Rep. Stone, Sull. 8

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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ANALYSIS

 This bill allows the use of any action carbines in certain hunting areas.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 24-2341

 08/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to allowing the use of any-action carbines in certain hunting areas.

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

 1 Lawful Methods of Taking; Any Action Carbine. Amend RSA 207:3, I to read as follows:

 I. Wildlife shall be taken in the daytime between 1/2 hour before sunrise and 1/2 hour after sunset with a gun, firearm, muzzleloader, or air rifle, fired at arm's length, bow and arrow or crossbow, or [a lever-action] any action carbine chambered in .357, .44 Magnum, or .45 Colt in any area where hunting is restricted to handgun or pistol, unless otherwise specifically permitted. An air rifle may be used to take small game, but shall not be used to take moose, bear, turkey, or deer. The executive director shall specify the method and manner of taking small game with an air rifle in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. 

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