HB 1354 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1354
AN ACT relative to security in the state house and legislative office building.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kjellman, Merr 5
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill prohibits a person, other than a law enforcement officer, from carrying a firearm or any other weapon in the state house or legislative office building.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2615
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to security in the state house and legislative office building.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Legislative Officers and Proceedings; State House Security. Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 14-c the following new section:
14:14-d State House Security.
I. No person shall knowingly carry a loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver, or firearm or any other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V, whether open or concealed or whether licensed or unlicensed, upon the person or within any of the person's possessions owned or within the person's control in the state house or legislative office building.
II. Firearms may be secured at the entrance to the state house or legislative office building by legislative security officers.
III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to marshals, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police, or other duly appointed or elected law enforcement officers.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.