---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licenses to carry and immunity for law enforcement officers issuing certain firearms licenses."
description: "relative to licenses to carry and immunity for law enforcement officers issuing certain firearms licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 322 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f48e65b-91d4-439e-b199-f09a4ee8e2cb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2933&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "f527337107dfb72225ff8ce086d5bacf450e11777ebd9e8c35cb1e0e9440f89c"
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 SB 322 (2024) — relative to licenses to carry and immunity for law enforcement officers issuing certain firearms licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0542s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0542s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–9** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-20** Hearing: 01/09/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 49
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0542s, 02/15/2024, Vote 3-2; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0542s, RC 23Y-0N, AA; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0542s, RC 14Y-9N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 6 P. 138 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Public Hearing: 03/20/2024 11:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-21** Executive Session: 03/29/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0015; Effective 07/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f48e65b-91d4-439e-b199-f09a4ee8e2cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).