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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 159: authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for voluntary surrender of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 159 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for voluntary surrender of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities. Primary sponsor: Terry W Roy. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2025): Remove from Table (Rep. Lascelles): MF DV 174-198 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 47.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Terry W RoyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Rich LascellesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 14
Jennifer MandelbaumCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseRockingham 21

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Remove from Table (Rep. Lascelles): MF DV 174-198 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 47
  2. Lay HB159 on Table (Rep. Osborne): MA DV 193-187 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 28
  3. Amendment # 2025-0930h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 26
  4. Amendment # 2025-0487h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 24
  5. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  6. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0487h (NT) 02/26/2025 (Vote 10-6; RC)
  7. ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/26/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
  8. ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
  9. Public Hearing: 02/07/2025 03:15 pm LOB 202-204
  10. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 8

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source