HB 1167  - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

26-2659

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1167

AN ACT enabling the use of ferrets for hunting.

SPONSORS: Rep. Barton, Graf. 1; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. S. King, Coos 4

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the prohibition on possessing a ferret while hunting or while on the way to or from hunting.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2659

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT enabling the use of ferrets for hunting.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Repeal.  RSA 207:6, relative to possessing a ferret while hunting or while on the way to or from hunting, is repealed.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.