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-HB 1365 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
-05/14/2026 1543s
-05/14/2026 1947s
+HB 1365 - AS INTRODUCED
 2026 SESSION
 26-3102
 06/09
 HOUSE BILL 1365
-AN ACT relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver, relative to
-the composition of the board of dental examiners, and relative to membership of
-the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.
+AN ACT relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver.
 SPONSORS: Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17; Rep. Thibault, Merr.
 25; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Giasson, Hills. 29; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. Tim
 Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Corcoran, Hills. 28; Rep. Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rock. 30;
 Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
 COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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-AMENDED ANALYSIS
-This bill:
-I. Prohibits pistol/revolver license application forms from requesting employment, personal
-references, or record disclosure information beyond what was required on the March 2017 version of
-form DSSP 85. This bill also updates the statute to reflect the released DSSP 85 form as of March
-2017, and removes the prior reference to the version of the form from December 2009.
-II. Mandates that one member of the board of dental examiners be a general dentist.
-III. Adds 2 public members to the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and
-prevention, one with expertise in gaming addiction and one in long-term recovery. The bill also
-makes the representative of the state's faith-based community a voting member of the commission.
+ANALYSIS
+This bill prohibits pistol/revolver license application forms from requesting employment,
+personal references, or record disclosure information beyond what was required on the December
+2009 version of form DSSP 85.
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 Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
-HB 1365 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
-05/14/2026 1543s
-05/14/2026 1947s 26-3102
+HB 1365 - AS INTRODUCED
+26-3102
 06/09
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
-AN ACT relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver, relative to
-the composition of the board of dental examiners, and relative to membership of
-the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.
+AN ACT relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver.
 Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
 1 Purpose. The general court finds that the pistol/revolver license application process must
 protect the privacy and constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. This act ensures that the form
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 the licenses required under this chapter and forms for the application for such licenses and to supply
 the same to officials of the cities and towns authorized to issue the licenses. The form shall require
 no more information than was required on the state of New Hampshire application for
-pistol/revolver license, form DSSP 85, as revised in [December 2009] March 2017. The form shall
-not request or require disclosure of the applicant’s occupation, present employer,
-employer’s address, or personal references. The form shall not contain any consent or
-release language requiring the applicant to authorize disclosure of personal, employment,
-medical, psychiatric, or other records beyond what is expressly required on the state of New
-Hampshire application for pistol/revolver license, form DSSP 85, as revised in March 2017.
-No other forms shall be used by officials of cities and towns. The cost of the forms shall be paid out
-of the fees received from nonresident licenses.
-3 Dentists and Dentistry; Examining Board; Membership. Amend RSA 317-A:2, I to read as
-follows:
+pistol/revolver license, form DSSP 85, as revised in December 2009. The form shall not request or
+require disclosure of the applicant’s occupation, present employer, employer’s address, or
+personal references. The form shall not contain any consent or release language requiring
+the applicant to authorize disclosure of personal, employment, medical, psychiatric, or
+other records beyond what is expressly required on the state of New Hampshire application
+for pistol/revolver license, form DSSP 85, as revised in December 2009. No other forms shall
+be used by officials of cities and towns. The cost of the forms shall be paid out of the fees received
+from nonresident licenses.
+3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
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-I. There shall be a board of dental examiners consisting of 9 members,[;] including 6
-dentists, 2 dental hygienists, and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the
-approval of the council, to a term of 5 years. One dentist member shall have a current permit to
-administer general anesthesia and deep sedation, and one dentist member shall be a general
-dentist. No member of the board shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Only board
-members provided for in this paragraph shall have the authority to vote in board determinations.
-4 Governor's Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention; Membership. Amend RSA
-12-J:1, I to read as follows:
-I. [Seven] Nine public members, 2 of whom shall be professionals knowledgeable about
-alcohol and other drug misuse prevention, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one
-of whom shall be appointed by the senate president; 2 of whom shall be professionals knowledgeable
-about alcohol and other drug misuse treatment including reduction of societal and individual harm,
-one of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker
-of the house of representatives; 2 of whom shall be public members who are not professionals within
-the alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment system, one of whom shall be appointed by
-the senate president and one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
-representatives; one member with expertise in gaming addiction, appointed by the governor,
-and [one member] 2 members in long-term recovery, appointed by the governor.
-5 Governor's Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention; Membership. Amend RSA
-12-J:1, IV(b) to read as follows:
-(b) A representative of the state's faith-based community, [who shall be a nonvoting
-member,] appointed by the governor.
-6 Effective Date.
-I. Sections 1-2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
-II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect September 1, 2026.
-III. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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