Bill Text: NH HB195 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-26 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 130; Eff: 09/21/2021 [HB195 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB195-Introduced.html
HB 195 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0361
04/11
HOUSE BILL 195
AN ACT adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.
SPONSORS: Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Roy, Rock. 32; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 15; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill inserts an exception to the crime of reckless conduct for the display of a firearm.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0361
04/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Reckless Conduct; Exception for Display of a Firearm. Amend RSA 631:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Displaying a firearm shall not constitute reckless conduct under this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
