Revision: Nov. 3, 2017, 9:59 a.m.
HB 1438 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2112
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1438
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for rental and lease agreements for residential property to include a clause prohibiting tenants from possessing firearms, explosives, or ammunition within the premises.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2112
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Landlord and Tenant; Certain Acts Prohibited; Rental or Lease Provision on Firearms, Explosives, or Ammunition Possession. Amend RSA 540-A:3 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. Nothing in this chapter or any other statute prevents a residential rental or lease agreement between a landlord and tenant from prohibiting tenants from possessing firearms, explosives, or ammunition within the leased premises. Such a prohibition may be imposed by including a clause in the rental or lease agreement. Any premises to which such prohibition applies shall not be required to post signage concerning the prohibition from possessing firearms, explosives, or ammunition within the leased premises.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.