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SB 466 · 2026 · Senate · Judiciary Committee

Felony for altered firearm serial numbers

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relative to the possession of a firearm without a serial number.

Establishes a class A felony for changing, altering, removing, or obliterating the maker's name, model, manufacturer's number, or other identifying mark on a firearm.AI-generated

Status

Died on the table in the Senate · March 12, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill makes it a class A felony to change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of identification on a firearm.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“No person shall change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of identification on any pistol or revolver, or any other firearm.”
RSA 159:13
“Possession of any such firearms upon which the same shall have been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated shall be presumptive evidence that such possessor has changed, altered, removed, or obliterated the same.”
RSA 159:13
“Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a [misdemeanor] class A felony.”
RSA 159:13

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Bill GannonRPrimeChair· Judiciary
  • Sen. Regina BirdsellRMajority Leader
  • Sen. Timothy LangRMajority Whip
  • Sen. Howard PearlRChair· Executive Departments and Administration
  • Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
  • Rep. Juliet Harvey-BoliaRDeputy Majority Floor Leader

Also: Rep. Mark PearsonR, Rep. Lilli WalshR

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 12, 2026SenateCommittee report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-10433–1
    Overall
    75% yea
  • Mar 12, 2026SenateVoice voteSen. Gannon Moved Laid on Tableadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 20, 2026Public hearingSenate Judiciary1:27:35–1:31:123m 37slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 12, 2026Floor debateSenate floor20:18–20:4426slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1043; Pending Motion Committee Amendment # 2026-1043s; SB 466 was Removed from the Consent Calendar

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1
  2. Jan 20, 2026SenHearing: 01/20/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:25 pm; SC 2
  3. Mar 12, 2026Sen: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1043, 03/12/2026; Vote 3-1; CC; SC 9
  4. Mar 12, 2026SenSB 466 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
  5. Mar 12, 2026SenSen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
  6. Mar 12, 2026SenPending Motion Committee Amendment # 2026-1043s; 03/12/2026; SJ 6

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.