Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB393

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanSigned into law

Ban on unpermitted boat moorings

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Expands the definition of mooring to include spuds, lifts, and similar devices, prohibits their use in place of a permitted mooring in waters requiring permits, and lists exemptions.

prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit.Official record

Waters and NavigationEnvironment - ConservationAI-generated

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6 submissions
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All 2 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Signed into law · June 3, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

6 submissions
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bruce berk
for Myself
pittsfield

Support
Simon Berrio
for Myself
Dalton

I grew up on the water in a different New England state. Commercial fisherman's kid. A permit to moor a boat? Really??? We paid for slips or moorings, but the slips were owned by the town or private marina and the mooring by various companies who WILL tow your boat. The town had transient stuff available. It worked. I'll grant you the modification to 270:59, but the 270:64 requirement of a permit is insane. Permit from whom? A town's water is a town's water. If Meredith or Rye want a harbormaster with an enforcement arm and a permitting scheme, that's on them. Statewide permitting requirement from republicans. Jeesh, it truly is the uniparty.

Oppose
Steve Wingate, LMAC
for Lakes Management Advisory Committee
Tuftonboro

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Eric Pauer
for Myself
Brookline

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Patricia Goodlin
for Myself
New London

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Andrea, NH LAKES LaMoreaux
for NH LAKES
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support