New Hampshire HB 1092: relative to guard dogs.

Bill Text

HB 1092 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2664

 08/09

HOUSE BILL 1092

AN ACT relative to guard dogs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. Kenny, Hills. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

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ANALYSIS

 This bill exempts guard dogs on their owner's property from the statute relative to menacing and vicious dogs.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2664

 08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to guard dogs.

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

 1 Guard Dogs; Exemption. Amend RSA 466:31, II(g) to read as follows: 

 (g) If, whether alone or in a pack with other dogs, it bites, attacks, or preys on game animals, domestic animals, fowl or human beings when not on the owner's property. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.