HB 334 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0354
04/10
HOUSE BILL 334
AN ACT relative to prohibitions on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Kelsey, Hills. 7; Rep. Silber, Belk.
2; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 15; Rep. Gorski, Hills. 7; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 4; Rep. Roy,
Rock. 32; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill creates an exception to the prohibition on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or
snowmobile for any person carrying a pistol or revolver who is not prohibited from possessing a
firearm by a New Hampshire statute.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 334 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0354
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to prohibitions on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Off Highway Recreational Vehicles; Loaded Firearms Prohibited. Amend RSA 215-A:20 to
2 read as follows:
3 215-A:20 Loaded Firearms Forbidden. No person shall carry on an OHRV, or a trailer towed by
4 same, any firearms unless said firearm is unloaded. This section shall not apply to law enforcement
5 officers carrying firearms in the course of duty or to [pistols carried under a permit issued pursuant
6 to the authority of RSA 159] any person carrying a pistol or revolver who is not prohibited
7 from possessing a firearm by a New Hampshire statute.
8 2 Snowmobiles; Loaded Firearms Forbidden. Amend RSA 215-C:35 to read as follows:
9 215-C:35 Loaded Firearms Forbidden. No person shall carry on a snowmobile, or a trailer towed
10 by same, any firearms unless said firearm is unloaded. This section shall not apply to law
11 enforcement officers carrying firearms in the course of duty or to [pistols carried under a permit
12 issued pursuant to the authority of RSA 159] any person carrying a pistol or revolver who is
13 not prohibited from possessing a firearm by a New Hampshire statute.
14 3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 215-A:20, 215-C:35
Ought to Pass: 215-A:20, 215-C:35
latest version: 215-A:20, 215-C:35, 173-B:8, 633:3-a