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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?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on residents.

6
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Your Community

Protects a culturally significant outdoor tradition important to many rural NH communities.

7
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Your Freedom

Elevates hunting and fishing to a constitutional right, providing strong protection against future restrictions.

Status

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

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

James Spillane (R)

The Short Version

Enshrines hunting, fishing, and harvesting game as a constitutional right in NH. Received strong majority support but fell short of the three-fifths supermajority required for constitutional amendments.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Hunters and anglers
  • ▲ Rural communities
  • ▲ Sporting goods businesses

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Wildlife conservation advocates who worry about limiting future regulation options

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)
37
Absent
28
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (199)

Republicans (175)
Democrats (24)

Voted Nay (128)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (126)
Absent (37)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Love (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Wayne Hemingway (R)

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