SB 235 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0371
08/05
SENATE BILL 235
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Rep. Darby, Hills. 11; Rep. Ouellet, Coos 3; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0371
08/05
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 Limitation on Certain Funds; Pitman Robertson Funds. Amend RSA 212-A:15 to read as follows:
212-A:15 Limitation on Certain Funds. On the effective date of this chapter with the exception of the expenditures that are then authorized from the fish and game fund, no funds used to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be derived from license fees of hunters, fishermen, or trappers [or from taxes on the sale of the equipment to hunters, fishermen or trappers] unless the species for which the funds are expended have been legally hunted, fished or trapped within the previous 5-year period.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| April 15, 2025 | 2025-1603h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote | |
| March 13, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| April 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
April 15, 2025: Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-1603h: 04/23/2025 10:50 am LOB 307
March 31, 2025: Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 10:40 am LOB 307
March 28, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 11
March 13, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
March 7, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
March 5, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass; Vote 5-0; CC SC 12
March 5, 2025: Hearing: 03/04/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 11
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3