HB 1052 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2022 SESSION

22-2111

04/08

HOUSE BILL 1052

AN ACT relative to the number of rounds of ammunition allowed for hunting regardless of firearm capacity.

SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Roy, Rock. 32; Rep. Bershtein, Rock. 2; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Howard, Belk. 8

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a semi-automatic rifle may be used to take game.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2111

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the number of rounds of ammunition allowed for hunting regardless of firearm capacity.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  General Provisions as to Fish and Game; Lawful Methods of Taking.  Amend RSA 207:3, II to read as follows:

II. A full automatic rifle shall not be used at any time [nor shall a semi-automatic rifle be used to which is attached a magazine or clip holding more than 6 cartridges, nor shall a full jacketed metal case bullet be used,]. A semi-automatic rifle may be used provided it is loaded with no more than 6 rounds of ammunition at any time. A full jacketed metal case bullet shall not be used, either in its original form or any alteration thereof.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.