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 House on Jan 7, 2026
Sponsor
Samuel G Farrington
First Action
Jan 16, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 7, 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
OTPA
House Roll Call Votes
Aboul B Khan
Yes
Adam Joseph Presa
Other
Other
Other
Yes
Amy L Malone
Other
Anita D Burroughs
No
Arnold G Davis
Yes
Yes
Bill H Ohm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brian G Nadeau
Yes
Brian H Labrie
Yes
Brian M Sullivan
No
Brian R. Taylor
No
Yes
Carol M McGuire
Yes
Cassandra N Levesque
Other
Catherine A Rombeau
No
Catherine M Sofikitis
No
Cathryn A Harvey
No
Charles E McMahon
Yes
Other
Charles R Melvin
Yes
Other
Chris R McAleer
No
Christal R Lloyd
No
Other
Cindy Lynn Bennett
Yes
Dale R Girard
Yes
Dan H Bergeron
Other
Yes
Darrell A Louis
Yes
David C Love
Yes
David C Lundgren
Yes
David E Milz
Yes
David E Walker
Yes
Other
David James Meuse
No
Other
Debra L DeSimone
Yes
Denis Vincent Murphy
Yes
Other
Dennis J Malloy
No
Yes
Dillon J Dumont
Yes
Donald Evan Selby
Yes
Donald S McFarlane
Yes
Other
Yes
Dylan N Germana
No
Efstathia S Booras
Other
Eileen S Kelly
No
Eleana Marie Colby
No
Ellen B Rockmore
Other
Ellen D Read
Other
Eric B Gallager
No
Erica J Layon
Yes
Erica R de Vries
No
Ernesto L Gonzalez
Yes
Fred E Davis
Other
Gaby M Grossman
Other
Gary L Woods
No
Gary L. Daniels
Yes
Gary R Gilmore
No
Other
George C Grant
Yes
George E Sykes
No
Glen C Aldrich
Other
Yes
Gregory M Sargent
No
Harry H Bean
Yes
Other
Henry R Giasson
Yes
Hope E Damon
No
Jaci L Grote
No
James A Spillane
Yes
James Gruber
No
James H Guzofski
Yes
James L Creighton
Other
James R MacKay
Other
James R Qualey
Yes
James R Thibault
Yes
Janet G Wall
No
Janet Marie Lucas
No
Other
Jay D Markell
Yes
Yes
Jeanine M Notter
Yes
Other
Jennifer M Rhodes
Yes
Jessica Finn LaMontagne
No
Jim A Kofalt
Yes
Jim L Fedolfi
Yes
Other
Yes
John A Leavitt
Yes
Yes
John C Janigian
Yes
John H Larochelle
No
John J Sytek
Yes
John Joseph Stone
No
John Michael Potucek
Yes
John R Cloutier
No
Yes
John T MacDonald
Yes
John W. Suiter
Yes
Jonah Orion Wheeler
No
Jonathan H Smith
Yes
Jonathan Morton
Yes
Jose E Cambrils
Yes
Joseph Hamblen
Yes
Joseph J Barton
Yes
Yes
Julie D Gilman
No
Yes
Julius F Soti
Yes
Karen A Hegner
No
Karen E Ebel
No
Katelyn T Kuttab
Yes
Kathleen Paquette
Yes
Yes
Kenneth L Weyler
Yes
Kevin J Scully
Yes
Kimberly A Rice
Yes
Larry G Gagne
Other
Laurence A Miner
Other
Len P Turcotte
Yes
Yes
Lily M Foss
No
Linda C Harriott-Gathright
No
Yes
Other
Linda R Gould
Yes
Other
Lino M Avellani
Yes
Lisa M Freeman
Yes
Yes
Liz F Barbour
Yes
Lori E Korzen
Yes
Yes
Louis C Juris
No
No
Marc D Tremblay
Yes
Margaret M Drye
Yes
Marie Louise Bjelobrk
Yes
Mark A Pearson
Yes
Other
Yes
Mark S MacKenzie
No
Yes
Mary A Hakken-Phillips
No
Mary J Ford
Yes
Other
Mary Ngwanda Georges
No
Yes
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière
Yes
Megan A Murray
No
Other
Michael A Edgar
No
Yes
Michael D Cahill
Other
Michael D Harrington
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Muriel C Hall
No
Other
Nancy A Murphy
No
Other
Nicholas D. Bridle
Yes
Yes
Patrick N Long
No
Paul D Tudor
Yes
Paul P Dargie
No
Peter B Schmidt
No
Peter L. Mehegan
Yes
Peter R Leishman
No
Peter W Bixby
No
Phyllis M Katsakiores
Other
Pierre M Dupont
Yes
Ralph G Boehm
Yes
Ray E Newman
No
Raymond C. Peeples
Yes
Raymond S Plante
Yes
Rich M Nalevanko
Yes
Richard P Tripp
Other
Rick M Ladd
Yes
Ricky J Devoid
Yes
Rita G Mattson
Yes
Robert D Harb
Yes
Yes
Ron C Dunn
Yes
Yes
Sallie D Fellows
No
Other
Samuel G Farrington
Yes
Sanjeev K Manohar
No
Sayra Lynn DeVito
Yes
Scott R Bryer
Yes
Other
Seth B Miller
No
Yes
Other
Other
Other
Sherri L Reinfurt
Yes
Stephen L Woodcock
No
Steven D Smith
Yes
Steven Kesselring
Yes
Sue A Newman
No
Susan C DeLemus
Yes
Susan G DeRoy
Yes
Susan J Vandecasteele
Other
Susan W Almy
No
Suzanne L Chretien
No
Yes
Terry W Roy
Yes
Thomas C Schamberg
No
Thomas C Walsh
Yes
Thomas L Buco
Other
Thomas L Kaczynski
Yes
Thomas L Southworth
No
Tim E Mannion
Other
Yes
Yes
Tony M Caplan
No
Tracy Anne Bricchi
No
Travis J Toner
Other
Vanessa L Sheehan
Yes
Vicki A Wilson
Yes
Wayne J Hemingway
Yes
Wendy Ellen N Thomas
No
Other
Yes
Summary
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Introduced
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01/07/2026
House
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0019h: MA RC 193-151 01/07/2026 HJ 1
01/07/2026
House
FLAM # 2026-0019h (Rep. Farrington): AA RC 193-152 01/07/2026 HJ 1
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
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Record Created
Jan 1, 2026 2:10:57 AM
Record Updated
Jan 15, 2026 3:51:59 AM