SB555 Relative to critical risk protection orders.
Relative to critical risk protection orders.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Minimal direct financial impact on most residents. Court proceedings would involve some administrative costs.
Your Community
Red flag laws are designed to prevent suicides and mass shootings by temporarily removing firearms from people in crisis. NH has high rates of firearm suicide.
Your Freedom
Creates a legal mechanism to temporarily remove a constitutional right based on a court determination of risk. Raises significant due process concerns, though proponents argue judicial oversight provides adequate protection.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 16Y-8N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 02/05/2026; Senate Journal 3
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Debra Altschiller (D)
The Short Version
Would have established critical risk protection orders (red flag laws) allowing courts to temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed an imminent danger to themselves or others. Killed 16-8 along party lines.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Families of individuals in mental health crisis
- ▲ Communities seeking to prevent gun violence
- ▲ Suicide prevention advocates
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Gun owners concerned about due process protections
- ▼ Second Amendment advocates
- ▼ Individuals subject to potentially erroneous orders
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 opposed it ( 16 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.
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Voted Yea (16)
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