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HB609 Relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.

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Relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

The fiscal note states no fiscal impact on state, county, or local expenditures or revenue.

7
🏘️

Your Community

Municipalities lose independent regulatory authority over firearms and self-defense tools, centralizing policy decisions at the state level and eliminating local ordinances that may have differed from state law.

7
⚖️

Your Freedom

Expands individual liberty by removing municipal restrictions on firearms and self-defense tools while constraining executive branch agencies' ability to impose regulations without legislative action.

Status

Died on Table, Session ended 08/19/2026 House Journal 16

Voted Yes

29 R + 153 D

Voted No

157 R + 3 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Samuel Farrington (R)

The Short Version

This bill centralizes all firearms and self-defense tool regulation at the state level, nullifying any conflicting municipal ordinances and requiring all existing executive branch rules to be formally renewed by July 1, 2029 or expire. It removes local governments' ability to regulate these items independently while preventing executive agencies from creating new regulations without legislative approval.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Firearms and self-defense tool owners seeking uniform statewide rules rather than varying municipal restrictions
  • ▲ Businesses selling firearms, ammunition, and self-defense tools by eliminating conflicting local regulations
  • ▲ Individuals who support reducing executive branch regulatory authority over these items

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Municipal governments that lose independent regulatory authority over firearms and self-defense items within their jurisdictions
  • ▼ Communities that previously had stricter local ordinances restricting these items, which become null and void

Roll Call Detail (3 votes)

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 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 176 for , 5 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 167 against ) .

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

Table 2026-06-04
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

29R + 153D
Voted to Kill the Bill (182)
157R + 3D
Voted to Keep It Alive (160)
26
Absent
23
Not voting
Show all 391 individual votes

Voted Yea (182)

Republicans (29)
Democrats (153)

Voted Nay (160)

Republicans (157)
Democrats (3)
Absent (26)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Chris Muns (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , Darrell Louis (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark Pearson (R) , Maureen Mooney (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Susan Deroy (R) , Terry Spahr (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Thomas Schamberg (D)

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

192R + 1D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (193)
0R + 152D
Voted Against Amendment (152)
32
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (193)

Republicans (192)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (152)

Democrats (152)
Absent (32)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Christine Seibert (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heath Howard (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

191R + 2D
Voted to Pass (193)
1R + 150D
Voted Against (151)
32
Absent
19
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (193)

Republicans (191)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (151)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (150)
Absent (32)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Christine Seibert (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heath Howard (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (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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