HB1092 • 2026

relative to guard dogs.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Barbara Comtois (R), Peter Bixby (D), Daniel Innis (R), Judy Aron (R), Catherine Kenny (R)
Last action: 2026-03-11
Official status: HOUSE
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to guard dogs.

What This Bill Does

relative to guard dogs.

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Bill History

2026-03-11 H
Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 24
2026-03-04 H
Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:15 am GP 153
2026-03-04 H
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/03/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 10 P. 16
2026-02-25 H
Full Committee Work Session: 03/03/2026 10:15 am GP 153
2026-02-18 H
Full Committee Work Session: 02/24/2026 10:00 am GP 153
2026-02-11 H
Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 01:30 pm GP 153
2025-12-01 H
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 6

Official Summary Text

relative to guard dogs.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1092 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2664
08/09

HOUSE BILL
1092

AN ACT
relative to guard dogs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. Kenny, Hills. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

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ANALYSIS

This bill exempts guard dogs on their owner's property from the statute relative to menacing and vicious dogs.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2664
08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to guard dogs.

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

1 Guard Dogs; Exemption. Amend RSA 466:31, II(g) to read as follows:
(g) If, whether alone or in a pack with other dogs, it bites, attacks, or preys on game animals, domestic animals, fowl or human beings
when not on the owner's property
.

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