HB 1645 1645 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2017
\t04/03
HOUSE BILL\t1645
AN ACT\trelative to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license.
SPONSORS:\tRep. 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:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill amends the statute relating to carrying a pistol or revolver concealed in a vehicle.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2017
\t04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Pistols and Revolvers; Carrying Without License. Amend RSA 159:4 to read as follows:
\t159:4 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.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.