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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 207: relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 207 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors. Primary sponsor: James A Spillane. It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 3, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1.

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): Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James A SpillanePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Keith AmmonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 42
Cy AuresCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseMerrimack 13
Brian ColeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 26
Jess EdwardsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 31
Dennis MannionCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 25
Keith MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Jason OsborneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 2
Howard PearlCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Terry W RoyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jordan UleryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 13

“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. Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1
  2. Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
  3. Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
  4. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/08/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 20
  5. Special Order to 05/08/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/01/2025 SJ 11
  6. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19
  7. Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 16
  8. Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7
  9. Ought to Pass: MA RC 207-162 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 31
  10. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  11. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2025 (Vote 8-7; RC) HC 12 P. 14
  12. Executive Session: 01/30/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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