CACR15 Relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish. Providing that citizens of New Hampshire shall have the constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish, subject to restrictions existing in law.

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Relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish. Providing that citizens of New Hampshire shall have the constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish, subject to restrictions existing in law.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact to taxpayers or families; hunting and fishing licenses and regulations remain unchanged.

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Your Community

No stated impact on schools, local services, or community infrastructure; existing property rights, trespass laws, and eminent domain protections are explicitly preserved.

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Your Freedom

Provides modest expansion of constitutional protection for hunting and fishing activities, though practical freedoms remain limited by all existing state laws and regulations.

Status

Ought to Pass: Motion Failed Regular Calendar 199-128 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 176

Voted Yes

175 R + 24 D

Voted No

2 R + 126 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

James Spillane (R)

The Short Version

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to establish an individual right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish in New Hampshire, subject to existing state laws and Fish and Game Department regulations. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would elevate hunting and fishing from statutory privileges to constitutional rights, though all current hunting and fishing restrictions would remain in effect.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Hunters and anglers who would gain constitutional-level protection for their activities
▲ Future hunters and fishers whose rights would be constitutionally enshrined against potential legislative restrictions

Who Pays the Price

▼ No specific group identified as bearing costs; non-hunters and anti-hunting advocates may view this as ideological loss

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 175 for , 2 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 24 for , 126 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-11

Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

175R + 24D

Voted to Pass (199)

2R + 126D

Voted Against (128)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (199)

Republicans (175)

Voted Nay (128)

Republicans (2)

Democrats (126)

Did not vote (28)

Adam Presa (R) , Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Brian Labrie (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Eleana Colby (D) , Erin Kerwin (D) , Ernesto Gonzalez (R) , James MacKay (D) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Jodi Newell (D) , Jonah Wheeler (D) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Paige (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Roderick Ladd (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Steven Smith (R) , Vicki Wilson (R)

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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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