---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game."
description: "relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 211 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A Spillane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec9daae2-f979-45b6-9803-b278f2b08c66"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0081&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "3da39a1a15530fc9fc6424b79517a3a43fd00ba492839cab37f4d8f29d97bf54"
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 211 (2025) — relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0073h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0073h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James A Spillane — primary (person)
- Brian D Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Will Darby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 2 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 11:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-02-10** Executive Session: 02/05/2025 11:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0073h 02/05/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0073h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0073h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 14
- **2025-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 21; eff.07/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec9daae2-f979-45b6-9803-b278f2b08c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).