---
type: "Bill"
title: "permitting hunting with an air rifle."
description: "permitting hunting with an air rifle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1575"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1575 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. Spillane"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03ecdea-5c7d-4f1e-b46a-80b3b2d6f00c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2292&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "ff5ecfbe8e42f547a8998e9a1889875f2fb3c4bc3876f865fe305c914a586642"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1575 (2018) — permitting hunting with an air rifle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-1497e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1497e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1305&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James A. Spillane — primary (person)
- Andy Sanborn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 11:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-02-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2018 03:00 PM LOB 303
- **2018-02-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/13/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-02-21** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 LOB 307
- **2018-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0594h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0594h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 44
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0594h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 44 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 14
- **2018-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1497e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1497e: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 30
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 77; Eff. 7/1/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03ecdea-5c7d-4f1e-b46a-80b3b2d6f00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).