Revision: Dec. 27, 2022, 11:19 a.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0751.1
04/10
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits possessing a firearm at a polling place and includes certain exceptions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0751.1
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Firearms Prohibited at Polling Places. Amend RSA 159 by inserting after section 26 the following new subdivision:
Firearms Prohibited at Polling Places
159:27 Firearms Prohibited at Polling Places.
I. No person shall knowingly carry a loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver, firearm, or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V, whether open or concealed, or whether licensed or unlicensed, within 100 feet of a polling place during a federal, state, or municipal election.
II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
159:28 Exceptions. The provisions of RSA 159:27 shall not apply to law enforcement officers on duty at the polling place, or to uniformed officers while they are exercising their right to vote, or to a person who secures an unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle while at the polling place.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.