This page includes brief summaries of selected bills of interest to the NH Fish and Game Department. If the NH Fish and Game Commission has taken a position on a particular bill, the position is shown. If written testimony is available, a link to same is included in the left-hand column. This list may also include some legislative proposals for which bill titles, links and full text are not yet available. Watch this page for updates.
Bill Details |
Title |
Fish and Game Commission
Position |
Committee &
Hearing Date |
HB514
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text
Roll Calls |
Title: relative to entry on private property
This bill prohibits certain entry on private property for data gathering without a warrant or the written consent of the landowner. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE JUDICIARY
Passed House w/amendment |
HB1132
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to fish and game laws concerning the Blue Mountain Forest Association.
This bill repeals an exception to fish and game laws provided to the Blue Mountain Forest Association. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/31/2012 at 01:45 PM |
HB1156
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to preserving due process in all common law matters.
This bill requires all criminal proceedings brought in any court of the state to be initiated by a grand jury investigation. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE JUDICIARY
Committee report: ITL |
HB1185
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the police standards and training council.
This bill specifies the rulemaking authority of the police standards and training council, requires governor and council approval of donations and grants made to the police standards and training council, and requires the percentage of penalty assessments currently dedicated to the police standards and training council training fund to be deposited in the general fund on and after July 1, 2013. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE ED&A
02/02/2012 at 10:45 AM |
HB1212
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to resisting arrest.
This bill specifies the circumstances under which a person may be charged with resisting arrest or detention. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/26/2012 at 02:00 PM |
HB1219
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the definition of wildlife for purposes of regulation by the fish and game department.
This bill provides that the term wildlife, as used in the fish and game laws, shall not include livestock in agricultural operations, and removes the authority to regulate certain agricultural operations. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/25/2012 at 01:00 PM |
HB1230
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: requiring a listing of state real property.
This bill requires state agencies to make an annual report of all real property owned or leased by the agency. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE PW&H
2/7/2012
at 10:45 |
HB1244
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to firearms possession while trapping.
This bill clarifies that restrictions on firearms for checking traps does not apply to carrying of firearms for self defense. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/24/2012 at 11:00 AM |
HB1245
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the fee for retail dealer's licenses for lobster and crab.
This bill removes the fee charged by the executive director of fish and game for issuing retail dealer’s licenses for lobster and crab. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE W & M
01/23/2012 at 01:00 PM; exec. session 1/31 @ 2:00 pm |
HB1265
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions.
This bill establishes criteria for the regulation of occupations and professions by boards and commissions as authorized by law, and provides that an individual may engage in a legal occupation without being subject to laws that regulate the occupation or profession which are arbitrary, unnecessary, or substantially burdensome.
The bill also creates a committee to determine the appropriate level of regulation for each occupation or profession. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE ED&A
1/17/12
at 1:30 |
HB1289
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to agreements between government units.
This bill adds the state to the definition of public agency in RSA 53-A. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE M&CG
01/19/2012 at 2:45 |
HB1318
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to carrying firearms.
This bill:
I. Permits any person who meets the requirements established in RSA 159:4 to carry a firearm openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded, on or about his or her person or upon or in a vehicle.
II. Removes, under certain circumstances, the requirement that nonresidents obtain a license to possess a firearm while in New Hampshire. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/24/2012 at 11:30 AM |
HB1327
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to official oppression.
This bill revises the offense of official oppression by making it either a class B misdemeanor or a violation, depending on whether a public servant acted with a purpose to benefit oneself or another or to harm another. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
02/16/2012 at 1:30 |
HB1332
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the law enforcement authority of fish and game conservation officers.
This bill provides that conservation officers of the fish and game department may conduct a search based on probable cause rather than reasonable cause. The bill also provides that seized property shall be held at the state’s expense. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
2/2/12 at 10:15 |
HB1333
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the revocation or suspension of a fish and game license for a conviction.
This bill requires 3 or more violations of laws or rules within a 2-year period in order to revoke or suspend a fish and game license. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&M/R
02/2/12 at 10:45 |
HB1334
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the suspension of a fish and game license by the executive director.
This bill requires that a suspension of a license issued by the department of fish and game be made pursuant to notice and opportunity for a hearing by the executive director of fish and game. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
02/2/12 at 11:15 |
HB1335
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the authority of the fish and game department to refuse to issue a hunting license.
This bill provides that the fish and game department shall refuse to issue a hunting license only if the person is prohibited under federal or state law from possessing a firearm. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
02/2/12 at 11:45 |
HB1336
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to reciprocity for nonresident trainers of hunting dogs.
This bill clarifies the reciprocity requirement for restrictions applicable to nonresident trainers of dogs for bear hunting. |
SUPPORT W/AMEND. |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/25/2012 at 10:30 AM |
HB1337
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the enforcement of violations of fish and game laws, and establishing a committee to study the disposition of wildlife confiscated by the fish and game department.
This bill provides that local and state police shall refer violations of fish and game laws to conservation officers of the fish and game department for enforcement.
The bill also establishes a committee to study the disposition of wildlife confiscated by the fish and game department. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/31/2012 at 01:00 PM |
HB1339
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: prohibiting agreements to limit or reserve access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on private land.
This bill prohibits a person engaged in hunting, fishing, or trapping from contracting for the limitation of access or the reservation of rights to enter private lands. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/25/2012 at 02:00 PM |
HB1341
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: repealing the provision relative to the unauthorized use of firearms in the compact part of a city or town.
This bill repeals the statute prohibiting unauthorized use of a firearm in the compact part of a city or town. |
MONITOR |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/24/2012 at 01:00 PM |
HB1392
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to oyster aquaculture licenses.
This bill requires the executive director of fish and game to adopt rules for a multi-year license for oyster aquaculture operations in the Great Bay estuary.
|
MONITOR |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/25/2012 at 09:30 AM |
HB1449
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: requiring a search warrant for searches of privately-owned property.
This bill requires a search warrant for searches of privately-owned property. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
Report filed - ITL |
HB1452
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: prohibiting the establishment of sobriety checkpoints.
This bill prohibits the establishment of sobriety checkpoints. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
02/02/2012 at 11:00 AM |
HB1455
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to special licenses for taking lobster while engaged in recreational scuba diving.
This bill allows the fish and game department to issue special licenses for non-commercial taking of lobsters while engaged in recreational scuba diving. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/17/2012
ref to study comm.: Bulis, Watters & Doarte.
Work session: 2/2/2012 at 1:15 |
HB1468
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to seizure of personal property.
This bill prohibits the police from seizing personal property without a warrant. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
02/16/2012 at 10:00 |
HB1486
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: prohibiting the state from accepting federal funds that could be used to enhance the militarization or federalization of law enforcement.
This bill prohibits the governor and council from accepting federal funds that could be used to enhance the militarization or federalization of law enforcement. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
Report filed - ITL |
HB1499
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to criminal coercion.
This bill establishes the offense of criminal coercion. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
12/16/2012 at 10:30 |
HB1511
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to felons possessing firearms.
This bill:
I. Removes the prohibition on convicted felons possessing certain non-firearm weapons for self-defense.
II. Allows possession of black powder weapons by convicted felons.
III. Reduces the offense from a felony to a misdemeanor for a convicted felon who completes and signs an application for purchase of a firearm. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/19/2012 at 01:30 PM |
HB1531
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to prosecution for victimless crimes.
This bill creates an affirmative defense to any felony or misdemeanor if there was no victim of the crime. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
02/09/2012 at 1:00 |
HB1532
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to trespass on land which is not posted.
This bill amends the criminal trespass statute in circumstances where the property is not posted with “no trespassing” signs. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE CJ&PS
02/02/2012 at 2:00 |
HB1540
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to conservation easements on public land.
This bill prohibits the state or any of its subdivisions from granting a conservation easement on public land to a nonprofit organization. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE RR&D
01/24/2012 at 2:15; Exec. session 1/31 |
HB1551
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
clarifying the liability of landowners, lessees, and occupants of premises who allow other persons to use the premises for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes or to remove fuel wood.
This bill clarifies the liability of landowners, lessees, and occupants of premises who allow other persons to use the premises for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes or to remove fuel wood.
NOTE: This bill was requested by the Fish and Game Commission |
SUPPORT
|
HOUSE F&G&MR
1/25/2012 @ 11 |
HB1555
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department.
This bill requires that the penalty for possession of a firearm in a state fish and game refuge applies only to a person who discharges his or her firearm for the purpose of taking wildlife. |
MONITOR |
HOUSE F&G&MR
1/31/2012 at 10:15 |
HB1581
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to procedures for arrest.
This bill restricts the authority of law enforcement officers to make an arrest without a warrant. |
OPPOSE |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/19/2012 at 10:30 |
HB1646
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: prohibiting the taking of deer from baited areas.
This bill prohibits the practice of baiting for the taking of deer, and also prohibits feeding deer during deer season with foods known to be attractive to deer. The bill allows the executive director to issue special permits using baiting. |
SUPPORT |
HOUSE F&G&MR
01/25/2012 at 10:00; subcommittee work session 1/31 @ 2:30 pm |
HB1669
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: requiring the deposit of dedicated fund revenues into the general fund for the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years and requiring non-constitutionally established dedicated funds to be eliminated on June 30, 2015 unless reinstated by the legislature.
This bill requires the deposit of dedicated fund revenues from non-constitutionally established dedicated funds into the general fund beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2015 and requires non-constitutionally established dedicated funds to be eliminated on June 30, 2015 unless reinstated by the legislature. |
OPPOSED |
HOUSE FINANCE
01/26/2012 at 1:00 |
HB1694
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to driving under the influence of drugs.
This bill changes the prohibition on driving under the influence of a controlled drug to driving under the influence of a drug. |
SUPPORT |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/25/2012 at 2:00 |
HB1707
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to penalties for operation after revocation or suspension.
This bill modifies the law that specifies enhanced penalties for driving after revocation or suspension for certain serious offenses by making those penalties apply when the revocation or suspension was for an equivalent offense in another jurisdiction. Those penalties would also apply to a person operating an OHRV or snowmobile. |
SUPPORT |
HOUSE CJ&PS
01/25/2012 at 1:00 |
SB213
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Text [HTML] [PDF] |
Title: relative to authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties.
This bill requires state agencies to issue a warning before imposing certain fines or penalties. The bill also requires agencies to waive first time paperwork violations. |
MONITOR |
SENATE ED&A
01/19/2012 at 9:00 |
SB224
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to lead fishing sinkers and jigs.
This bill amends the definitions of “lead sinker” and “lead jig.”
NOTE: And subsequently the sale of such sinkers and jigs. |
MONITOR |
SENATE E&NR
01/19/2012 at 09:00 AM |
SB250
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to operation of ATVs and trail bikes on state lands.
This bill adds specific exceptions to the evaluation criteria for the establishment of ATV and trail bike trails on state lands, and clarifies an exception for trail crossings and connectors. |
SUPPORT |
SENATE E&NR
01/12/2012 at 09:30 AM; Reconvenes 2/2 @ 9 am |
SB297
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to the apprentice hunting license.
This bill makes certain hunters with bows eligible for an apprentice hunting license. |
SUPPORT |
SENATE E&NR
Passed & adopted by Senate |
SB366
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text |
Title: relative to use of certain OHRVs on snowmobile trails.
This bill provides for a snowmobile endorsement for OHRVs which use tracks, cleats or skis.
NOTE This bill was at the request of the Fish and Game Department. |
SUPPORT |
SENATE TRANSPORT.
2/2/12 @ 9:45 |
