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Public Protection and Veterans Affairs

The House Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs.

Bills Referred, 1995-1996

  • HB 103: relative to the qualifications of the adjutant general. (Signed into law)
  • HB 123: authorizing conservation officers to enforce motor vehicle laws. (Killed)
  • HB 183-FN: repealing 1991, 152 relative to funding the Women's War Memorial. (Signed into law)
  • HB 212: relative to children's firearm safety. (Killed)
  • HB 262: relative to the sale of and authorization to carry mechanical self-opening or spring knives. (Killed)
  • HB 270: relative to bail agents and recovery agents. (Signed into law)
  • HB 281: changing the composition of the board of managers of the veterans' home. (Signed into law)
  • HB 298: relative to the rulemaking authority of the police standards and training council and permitting the council to delegate certain powers and duties to the director of police standards and training. (Signed into law)
  • HB 362: relative to the authority to make arrests in fresh pursuit. (Signed into law)
  • HB 386: consolidating state veterans' programs into a department of veterans affairs. (Killed)
  • HB 391: increasing the penalty for a person convicted of being an armed career criminal. (Killed)
  • HB 426: allowing an extended term of imprisonment for offenses committed with a firearm. (Killed)
  • HB 445: making state law consistent with federal law with regard to holders of concealed weapons licenses. (Indefinitely postponed)
  • HB 510-FN: relative to the sale of fireworks. (Killed)
  • HB 552-FN: relative to the design and the display of the state flag. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1101: prohibiting the carrying of firearms and certain other weapons into state-owned buildings by persons other than law enforcement personnel. (Killed)
  • HB 1122: modifying the term "compact area" relative to the use of firearms. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1131-FN-A: relative to the Women's War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1170: prohibiting a sworn law enforcement officer from holding a private detective's license. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1198-FN-A: requiring the state to maintain the veterans' portion of the Park Cemetery in Tilton and making a continuing appropriation therefor. (Killed)
  • HB 1267: relative to retail licenses to sell pistols and revolvers and to licenses to carry pistols and revolvers. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1307: relative to the interstate emergency management compact. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1455: relative to the permissible fireworks review committee. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1479: relative to notification by federal employees to the chief law enforcement authority prior to an arrest, search, or seizure within the local law enforcement authority's jurisdiction. (Killed)
  • HB 1529-FN-LOCAL: relative to the procedures for vacating uninhabitable or unsafe buildings. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1609: relative to police dogs and search and rescue dogs. (Signed into law)
  • HCR 5: requesting Congress to adopt as part of the Contract with America procedures for instituting a constitutional amendment prohibiting desecration of the United States flag. (Killed)
  • HCR 24: ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. (Indefinitely postponed)
  • HCR 29: encouraging gun safety education programs for children. (Adopted by both chambers)
  • SB 501: repealing a requirement for keeping records of sales of pistols and revolvers and repealing provisions relative to the purchase of shotguns and rifles in contiguous states and by nonresidents. (Signed into law)
  • SB 578: relative to the interception and disclosure of telecommunications or oral communications by emergency personnel. (Signed into law)
  • SB 613: proclaiming December 7 of each year as New Hampshire Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (Signed into law)
  • SB 664: relative to remedies against licensing authorities for failure to comply with state laws regarding licenses to carry pistols and revolvers. (Signed into law)
  • HJR 24: encouraging the Department of the Navy to name a vessel the U.S.S. New Hampshire. (Signed into law)

And 111 bills in 3 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 16, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1529-FN-LOCAL and HB 552-FN.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on June 12, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1529-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on June 5, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HB 552-FN.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on May 30, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1529-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on May 21, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HB 552-FN.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on March 28, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 501 and SB 578.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on March 26, 1996 for hearings on SB 501 and SB 578. It also held subcommittee work sessions on SB 664 and SB 613.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on March 21, 1996 for hearings on SB 613, SB 664 and SB 578.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on March 14, 1996 for a hearing on HCR 29.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on February 14, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1170, HB 1479 and HJR 24.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on February 13, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HJR 24.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on February 8, 1996 for a hearing on HB 1455.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on February 7, 1996 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1479.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on February 6, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1609, HB 1479 and HJR 24.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 30, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1455 and HB 1529-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 25, 1996 for hearings on HB 1609 and HJR 24.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 24, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1307, HB 1122, HB 1101 and HB 1170.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 23, 1996 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1267 and HB 1455.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 17, 1996 for hearings on HB 1479 and HB 1307. It also held subcommittee work sessions on HB 1122, HB 1198-FN-A and HB 1529-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 16, 1996 for hearings on HB 1267, HB 1170 and HB 1101. It also held subcommittee work sessions on HCR 24 and HB 1131-FN-A.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 10, 1996 for hearings on HB 1131-FN-A, HCR 24 and HB 1122.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on January 9, 1996 for hearings on HB 1529-FN-LOCAL, HB 1198-FN-A and HB 1455.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 31, 1995 for a full committee work session on HB 552-FN.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 18, 1995 for a subcommittee work session on HB 386.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 12, 1995 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 281 and HB 386.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 10, 1995 for a subcommittee work session on HB 445.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on October 3, 1995 for a subcommittee work session on HB 445.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on September 27, 1995 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 281 and HB 386.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on September 20, 1995 for a subcommittee work session on HB 445.
  • The Committee on Public Protection and Veterans Affairs met on September 12, 1995 for a subcommittee work session on HB 391.

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