HB1199 Enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.
Enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The interagency fee structure and lifetime license modifications have indeterminable financial impacts on residents per the fiscal note, with potential minor costs to residents using lifetime licenses and potential indirect costs if state agencies pass through interagency fees.
Your Community
The bill is primarily administrative, creating fee structures and fund accounts without documented changes to access to Fish and Game services or community resources.
Your Freedom
The bill does not meaningfully expand or restrict individual rights, freedoms, or local control; it is largely procedural in nature.
Status
Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 158; eff.I. Sec 2-3 eff 7/1/26 II. Rem eff 8/18/26
Sponsor
James Spillane (R)
The Short Version
This bill allows the Fish and Game Department to charge other state agencies for the use of its staff, equipment, and expertise, with revenues going to the Fish and Game Fund. It also modifies lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, including new provisions for newborns and disabled veterans, and establishes a modernization fund for license-system improvements.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Fish and Game Department (generates revenue from interagency support)
- ▲ Newborns and infants (new discounted lifetime license option)
- ▲ Permanently disabled veterans (50% discount on lifetime licenses)
- ▲ License system modernization efforts (via new sustainability account)
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Other state agencies (will pay fees for Fish and Game staff support)
- ▼ Potentially taxpayers indirectly (if other agencies pass fees through their budgets)
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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