Revision: March 24, 2021, 1 p.m.
Senate Judiciary
March 23, 2021
2021-0987s
04/08
Amendment to SB 154
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT prohibiting the state from enforcing a Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 New Chapter; Presidential Executive Orders Relating to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 159-D the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 159-E
PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
159-E:1 Presidential Executive Orders Relating to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Pursuant to the general court’s authority under Part II, Article 5 of the New Hampshire constitution, no person acting under color of state law or as an agent of the state may take any action, expend any funds, or exercise any power of the state of New Hampshire to enforce any Executive Order of the President of the United States, issued after January 20, 2021, that has the purpose or effect of restricting, limiting, encumbering, regulating, or placing conditions upon the right of the people to keep and bear arms pursuant to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Part I, Art. 2-a and Art. 24 of the New Hampshire constitution. This provision expressly extends protection to firearms, firearms components, firearms magazines and loading devices, ammunition, firearms supplies, knives, and any other weapons or armaments not prohibited by state law.
2021-0987s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits any person acting under color of state law or as an agent of the state from taking any action, expending any funds, or exercising any power of the state of New Hampshire to enforce any Executive Order of the President of the United States which has the purpose or effect of restricting or regulating the right of the people to keep and bear arms.