---
type: "Bill"
title: "enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle."
description: "enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1140 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe H. Alexander"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b052062-6d83-498b-8bd0-d3bffad98a10"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1554&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e896611ba53437675819559a5fc6c8f8c6a1e882fb4f8cac2b7dbfafc132e8ed"
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 1140 (2026) — enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Joe H. Alexander — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Henry R Giasson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa R Mazur — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Sherri L Reinfurt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 1 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 11:00 am SH Reps Hall
- **2026-02-05** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/25/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-05** Executive Session: 03/04/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0575h 03/04/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 10 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment # 2026-0575h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 45
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0575h: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 45 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2026-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 156; eff. 08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b052062-6d83-498b-8bd0-d3bffad98a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).