New Hampshire House Bill 609
Session 2026
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.
Active
Passed Senate on May 14, 2026
Sponsor
Samuel G Farrington
First Action
Jan 16, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 4, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
609
State
New Hampshire
Session
2026
Samuel G Farrington
grade
Primary
Donald S McFarlane
Cosponsor
Erica J Layon
Cosponsor
Sayra Lynn DeVito
Cosponsor
Susan G DeRoy
Cosponsor
Motion Text
Table
House Roll Call Votes
Aboul B Khan
No
Adam Joseph Presa
No
Other
Yes
Yes
Amy L Malone
Yes
Anita D Burroughs
Yes
Arnold G Davis
No
Other
Yes
Bill H Ohm
No
Brian G Nadeau
No
Brian H Labrie
No
Brian M Sullivan
Yes
Brian R. Taylor
Yes
Other
Yes
Carol M McGuire
No
Yes
Cassandra N Levesque
Yes
Catherine A Rombeau
Yes
Catherine M Sofikitis
Other
Cathryn A Harvey
Other
Charles E McMahon
No
Charles R Melvin
No
Other
Chris R McAleer
Yes
Christal R Lloyd
Yes
Cindy Lynn Bennett
No
Dale R Girard
No
Yes
Dan H Bergeron
Other
Other
Darrell A Louis
Other
David C Love
No
David C Lundgren
No
David E Milz
Yes
David E Walker
No
Yes
David James Meuse
Other
Yes
Other
Debra L DeSimone
No
Denis Vincent Murphy
No
Dennis J Malloy
Yes
Dillon J Dumont
No
Donald Evan Selby
No
Donald S McFarlane
No
Other
Yes
Efstathia S Booras
Yes
Eileen S Kelly
Yes
Eleana Marie Colby
Yes
Ellen B Rockmore
Yes
Ellen D Read
Other
Eric B Gallager
Yes
Yes
Erica J Layon
No
Erica R de Vries
Yes
Other
Yes
Ernesto L Gonzalez
No
Fred E Davis
Yes
Gaby M Grossman
Other
Gary L Woods
Yes
Gary L. Daniels
No
Gary R Gilmore
Yes
Other
George C Grant
No
George E Sykes
Yes
Glen C Aldrich
No
Gregory M Sargent
Yes
Yes
Henry R Giasson
No
Hope E Damon
Yes
Other
James A Spillane
No
James Gruber
Yes
James H Guzofski
No
James L Creighton
No
Yes
James R MacKay
Other
James R Qualey
No
James R Thibault
No
Other
Janet G Wall
Yes
Janet Marie Lucas
Yes
Jay D Markell
No
Yes
Jeanine M Notter
No
Other
Jennifer M Rhodes
No
Other
Jessica Finn LaMontagne
Yes
Jim A Kofalt
No
Jim L Fedolfi
Other
John A Leavitt
Other
John C Janigian
No
John H Larochelle
Yes
John J Sytek
Yes
John Joseph Stone
Other
John Michael Potucek
No
John R Cloutier
Yes
John T MacDonald
No
John W. Suiter
Other
Jonah Orion Wheeler
No
Jonathan H Smith
No
Jonathan Morton
No
Jose E Cambrils
No
Joseph Hamblen
No
Joseph J Barton
No
Julie D Gilman
Yes
Julius F Soti
No
Karen A Hegner
Yes
Karen E Ebel
Yes
Yes
Katelyn T Kuttab
Other
Kathleen Paquette
No
Yes
Other
Kenneth L Weyler
No
Kevin J Scully
Yes
Kimberly A Rice
No
Larry G Gagne
No
Laurence A Miner
Other
Len P Turcotte
Yes
Lily M Foss
Yes
Linda C Harriott-Gathright
Yes
Linda R Gould
No
Yes
Lino M Avellani
No
Lisa M Freeman
No
Liz F Barbour
No
Yes
Yes
Lori E Korzen
No
Yes
Louis C Juris
Yes
Yes
Margaret M Drye
No
Marie Louise Bjelobrk
No
Other
Mark A Pearson
Other
Yes
Mark S MacKenzie
Yes
Mary A Hakken-Phillips
Yes
Mary J Ford
No
Mary Ngwanda Georges
Yes
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière
No
Other
Megan A Murray
Yes
Yes
Michael A Edgar
Yes
Michael D Cahill
Yes
Michael D Harrington
No
Other
Muriel C Hall
Yes
Nancy A Murphy
Yes
Yes
Nicholas D. Bridle
Yes
Patrick N Long
Yes
Paul D Tudor
No
Paul P Dargie
Yes
Peter B Schmidt
Yes
Peter L. Mehegan
No
Yes
Peter R Leishman
Yes
Other
Peter W Bixby
Yes
Phyllis M Katsakiores
No
Pierre M Dupont
No
Ralph G Boehm
Yes
Ray E Newman
Yes
Raymond C. Peeples
No
Raymond S Plante
No
Rich M Nalevanko
No
Yes
Richard P Tripp
Other
Rick M Ladd
No
Ricky J Devoid
No
Rita G Mattson
No
Robert D Harb
No
Ron C Dunn
No
Other
Sallie D Fellows
Yes
Samuel G Farrington
No
Sanjeev K Manohar
Yes
Sayra Lynn DeVito
No
Scott R Bryer
Yes
Other
Seth B Miller
Yes
Other
Other
Sherri L Reinfurt
No
Other
Stephen L Woodcock
Yes
Steven D Smith
Other
Steven Kesselring
No
Other
Sue A Newman
Yes
Susan C DeLemus
No
Susan G DeRoy
Other
Susan J Vandecasteele
No
Susan W Almy
Yes
Suzanne L Chretien
Yes
Other
Terry W Roy
No
Thomas C Schamberg
Other
Thomas C Walsh
No
Thomas L Buco
Other
Thomas L Kaczynski
Yes
Thomas L Southworth
Yes
Yes
Tim E Mannion
Other
Yes
Tony M Caplan
Yes
Tracy Anne Bricchi
Yes
Travis J Toner
Other
Vanessa L Sheehan
Yes
Vicki A Wilson
No
Yes
Wayne J Hemingway
No
Wendy Ellen N Thomas
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Summary
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06/04/2026
House
Lay HB609 on Table (Rep. Wilhelm): MA RC 182-160 06/04/2026 HJ 15
06/04/2026
Senate
Conference Committee Report # 2026-2114c; RC 15Y-8N, Adopted; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
06/02/2026
House
Removed from Consent (Reps. Simpson, Telerski, Sheehan, DeRoy, E. Kelly, Barton, Comtois, Selig, Newell, R. Newman) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
05/28/2026
Senate
Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2114c; 06/04/2026
05/28/2026
House
Conference Committee Meeting: 05/28/2026 10:00 am GP 231
05/27/2026
Senate
Conferee Change; Senator Lang Replaces Senator Gannon; SJ 14
05/27/2026
House
Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 11:00 am GP 234
05/21/2026
House
Conferee Change: Rep. Layon Replaces Rep. Osborne 05/21/2026 HJ 14
05/20/2026
Senate
President Appoints: Senators Abbas, Gannon, Reardon; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
05/20/2026
Senate
Sen. Gannon Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
05/18/2026
House
Speaker Appoints: Reps. Roy, Rhodes, Paquette, Osborne 05/14/2026 HJ 13
05/18/2026
House
House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1987s and Requests CofC (Rep. Roy): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13
05/14/2026
Senate
Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1987s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
05/14/2026
Senate
Sen. Abbas Floor Amendment # 2026-1987s, AA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
05/14/2026
Senate
Committee Amendment # 2026-1917s, AF, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
05/12/2026
Senate
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1917s, 05/14/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 18A
03/09/2026
Senate
Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 9
01/30/2026
Senate
Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3
01/07/2026
House
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0019h: MA RC 193-151 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 92
01/07/2026
House
FLAM # 2026-0019h (Rep. Farrington): AA RC 193-152 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 87
11/13/2025
House
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
11/13/2025
House
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 10/22/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 51 P. 21
10/03/2025
House
==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 230
10/03/2025
House
==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 10/22/2025 01:00 pm GP 230
03/19/2025
House
Retained in Committee
03/10/2025
House
Executive Session: 03/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
03/06/2025
House
==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
01/22/2025
House
Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 04:00 pm LOB 202-204
01/16/2025
House
Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 18
Sources
NH Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Jan 1, 2026 2:10:57 AM
Record Updated
Jun 18, 2026 4:42:34 PM