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HB1304 • 2026

requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Claudine Burnham (R), Katy Peternel (R), Kelley Potenza (R), Glenn Bailey (R)
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 5

  2. 2026-02-04 H

    Executive Session: 01/28/2026 02:00 pm GP 153

  3. 2026-02-04 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/28/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 6 P. 6

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/28/2026 02:00 pm GP 153

  5. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 1 P. 14

Official Summary Text

requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1304 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2878
08/06

HOUSE BILL
1304

AN ACT
requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires examinations to be administered by conservation officers from the fish and game department.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2878
08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers.

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

1 New Paragraph; Qualifications of Licensee; Examination Administered by Fish and Game Officers. Amend RSA 215:5 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Any written or oral examinations required to become a guide shall be administered only by conservation officers.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.