HB 342 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0348
04/05
HOUSE BILL 342
AN ACT relative to the taking of game by certain lever-action firearms.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Roy, Rock. 32; Rep. Verville,
Rock. 2; Rep. Love, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the taking of game with certain lever-action firearms.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 342 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0348
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the taking of game by certain lever-action firearms.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Fish and Game; Lawful Methods of Taking. Amend RSA 207:3, I to read as follows:
2 I. Wildlife shall be taken in the daytime between 1/2 hour before sunrise and 1/2 hour after
3 sunset with a gun, firearm, muzzleloader, or air rifle, fired at arm's length, [or] bow and arrow or
4 crossbow, or a lever-action carbine chambered in .357, .44 Magnum, or .45 Colt in any area
5 where hunting is restricted to handgun or pistol, unless otherwise specifically permitted. An
6 air rifle may be used to take small game but shall not be used to take moose, bear, turkey, or deer.
7 The executive director shall specify the method and manner of taking small game with an air rifle in
8 rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.
9 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 207:3
Ought to Pass: 207:3, 208:3-d
latest version: 207:3, 208:3-d