HB 1379 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1379
AN ACT relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm.
SPONSORS: Rep. Soucy, Hills 17; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Hogan, Hills 25
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill provides that no state agency shall prohibit a any state employee, or other person who contracts with the state, from lawfully carrying a firearm on his or her person while on or in property owned or leased by the state, unless otherwise prohibited by 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2443
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Pistols and Revolvers; State Jurisdiction; Authority of State Agencies. Amend RSA 159 by inserting after section 26 the following new section:
159:27 Authority of State Agencies. No state agency shall prohibit any state employee, or other person who contracts with the state, from lawfully carrying a firearm on his or her person while on or in property owned or leased by the state, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.