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SB462 • 2026

relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Keith Murphy (R), Howard Pearl (r), Daryl Abbas (R), Daniel Innis (R), Victoria Sullivan (R)
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
SENATE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 S

    Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7

  2. 2026-03-18 S

    Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11

  3. 2026-01-21 S

    Hearing: 01/27/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 3

  4. 2025-11-21 S

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1

Official Summary Text

relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

Current Bill Text

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SB 462 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2252
05/09

SENATE BILL
462

AN ACT
relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a qualifying patient's therapeutic use of cannabis shall not affect the individual's right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire law.

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26-2252
05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.

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

1 New Paragraph; Therapeutic Use of Cannabis Protections; Right to Purchase, Possess, and Transfer Firearms. Amend RSA 126-X:2 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:
XVIII. A qualifying patient's therapeutic use of cannabis in accordance with this chapter shall not affect the individual's right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire law.

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