---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms."
description: "repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 551 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael E Granger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53622242-2e3d-4f93-b73e-49d3086faf97"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0201&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "0eb97182ed97b5bcbf4332a200688bc3c256556cc8f8d9abcbeb42b85a82f6bd"
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 551 (2025) — repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1907s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1907s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **200–161** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael E Granger — primary (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 03:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0818h 03/07/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0818h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 9
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0818h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 16
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Special Order to 05/08/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/01/2025 SJ 11
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2025-1907s, RC 16Y-8N, AA; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1907s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-22** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1907s (Rep. Roy): MA RC 200-161 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2025-05-22** Reconsider Concur (Rep. Osborne): MF DV 161-204 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 20
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/23/2025; Chapter 40; eff. 05/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53622242-2e3d-4f93-b73e-49d3086faf97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).