Revision: June 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.
June 17, 2025
2025-2790-CofC
08/05
Committee of Conference Report on HB 250, enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.
Recommendation:
That the House recede from its position of nonconcurrence with the Senate amendment, and concur with the Senate amendment, and
That the Senate and House adopt the following new amendment to the bill as amended by the Senate, and pass the bill as so amended:
Amend RSA 466:39 as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
466:39 City or Town Bylaws. The local governing body may make such additional bylaws and regulations concerning the licensing, muzzling of vicious dogs as defined in RSA 466:31, II(g), and restraining of dogs as it deems reasonable, and may affix penalties not exceeding $50 for a breach thereof. Such bylaws and regulations shall relate only to dogs owned or kept in such city or town, and the annual fee required for a license shall in no case be more than $1 in addition to the sum hereby required. The following dogs shall be exempt from this section: dogs being used for hunting, supervised competition, exhibition or training for such activities if accompanied by the owner or custodian, or a dog which is guarding, working, or herding livestock, as defined in RSA 21:34-a, II(a)(4) if the owner or custodian is able to see or hear the dog or have reasonable knowledge of where the dog is located, even if such dog is out of the line of the owner or custodian's sight.
Amend the bill by deleting section 2 and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 2.
The signatures below attest to the authenticity of this Report on HB 250, enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.
Conferees on the Part of the Senate Conferees on the Part of the House
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Sen. Pearl, Dist. 17 Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4
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Sen. McConkey, Dist. 3 Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13
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Sen. Watters, Dist. 4 Rep. Barbour, Hills. 35
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Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill enables local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs and excludes certain working dogs from such regulations.