HB 1424 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2087
08/02
HOUSE BILL 1424
AN ACT relative to pistols permitted for taking game.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. C. Brown, Graf. 10; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Jonathan Smith, Carr. 5; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 8; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill makes changes to the caliber of pistol that may be used to lawfully take deer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2087
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to pistols permitted for taking game.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Pistols Permitted; Taking of Deer. Amend RSA 208:3-d to read as follows:
208:3-d Pistols Permitted. Pistols permitted under RSA 208:3, 3-a, 3-b, and 3-c shall include [a .357 Magnum, 10mm Automatic, .41 Remington, .44 Magnum, .45 Long Colt, .480 Ruger, .50 Magnum, .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), .460 Rowland, .45 Super, .50 AE (Action Express), .357 SIG Sauer, .327 Federal Magnum, and .400 Corbon] any caliber .38/.357 Magnum and greater, provided that a pistol used for taking deer under this section shall be loaded with no more than 6 rounds of ammunition at any time.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.