---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
description: "prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1178"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1178 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Burt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abbdbf8a-abf5-47b7-8f49-30f1e7773d7c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2352&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "e4ea41338993811d060c3d05e3736eb9cab13b18b28a2177118147478f9c9f5a"
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 1178 (2022) — prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1845s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1845s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Table — **153–187** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **190–147** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **13–10** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **163–143** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Burt — primary (person)
- Beth A. Folsom — cosponsor (person)
- Chris True — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Gary S. Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Niki Kelsey — cosponsor (person)
- Norman J. Silber — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/26/2022 11:30 am SH Reps Hall
- **2022-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0479h (Vote 12-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Lay HB1178 on Table (Rep. Harriott-Gathright): MF RC 153-187 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-15** Amendment # 2022-0479h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0479h: MA RC 190-147 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Hearing: 04/19/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 16
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1845s, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Special Order to after the Bills removed from the Consent Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-06** Committee Amendment # 2022-1845s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1845s, RC 13Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Abbas): MA RC 163-143 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 258; eff. 6/24/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abbdbf8a-abf5-47b7-8f49-30f1e7773d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).