HB 579 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0745
11/06
HOUSE BILL 579
SPONSORS: Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires applicants for a fish and game guide license to take an exam in a standardized test format, administered by a specifically qualified fish and game officer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0745
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 License: Examination. Amend RSA 215:5, I to read as follows:
I.(a) A person licensed as a guide shall be at least 18 years of age. [He] They shall furnish such recommendations as the executive director shall require. [He] They shall be skilled in the use, management and handling of such boats or canoes as are customarily used in fishing and hunting, and shall be a safe and competent person under all circumstances to be a guide for hunting or fishing parties
(b) Any required written or oral examinations to become a guide shall be administered by a fish and game officer who is also a licensed guide in New Hampshire and who has passed the wilderness first responder certification course and received their certification.
(c) All questions and answers for the written and oral examinations must be in a standardized test format. Questions and answers shall be made available in a study guide for examiners to review and study once an application is submitted.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 5, 2025 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 22, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 02:45 pm LOB 307
Jan. 16, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 3