HB1140 Enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle.
Enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The $10 one-time permit fee is minimal and enables disabled residents to participate in hunting activities that would otherwise require physical mobility they lack.
Your Community
The bill has limited direct impact on communities or services; it primarily affects individual hunting access and maintains safety through required permit inspection and firearm transport rules.
Your Freedom
The bill meaningfully expands recreational freedom for disabled hunters by removing an existing prohibition and enabling participation in an activity currently unavailable to them due to mobility limitations.
Status
Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 156; eff. 08/18/2026
Sponsor
Joe Alexander (R)
The Short Version
This bill allows certain disabled persons (those with paraplegia or loss/loss of use of one or both lower extremities) to obtain a special permit from Fish and Game to hunt from a motor vehicle, which is otherwise prohibited. The permit costs $10 and requires proof of disability and a valid hunting license.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ NH residents with paraplegia or loss or loss of use of one or both lower extremities who hold a valid hunting license
- ▲ Disabled hunters who can now access hunting opportunities previously prohibited to them
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ No identifiable group bears costs; firearm safety requirements apply equally to all vehicle hunters
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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