← Back to All Bills

HB1048 Relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.

Other Active Auto-scored

Relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on residents.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Legalizing these weapons could raise public safety concerns, as they are designed primarily to cause harm to people and have limited defensive utility.

7
⚖️

Your Freedom

Expands the right to possess self-defense tools and removes restrictions on items that some consider constitutionally protected arms.

Status

Without objection returned to the House per Senate Rule 3-21, 03/26/2026; Senate 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

Would legalize the possession and sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles for adults, while maintaining the prohibition for minors. Removes what supporters see as an outdated weapons ban.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Self-defense advocates
  • ▲ Martial arts practitioners
  • ▲ Collectors

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Public safety advocates concerned about increased availability of concealed weapons

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 ( 184 for , 4 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 8 for , 150 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) 2026-03-05
Passed

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

184R + 8D
Voted to Pass (192)
4R + 150D
Voted Against (154)
28
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (192)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (8)

Voted Nay (154)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (150)
Absent (28)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , George Grant (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Read the Actual Bill → See All Bills

Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

This bill was auto-scored using AI analysis of the bill text and legislative data. Scores may be refined as we review more bills.