HB1793: Prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of allowing guns on campuses of public institutions of higher education.
Engrossed
House
Summary
Prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of allowing guns on campuses of public institutions of higher education.
Sponsors
Samuel Farrington
R - HD-08-STR
Primary
Sayra Devito
R - HD-08-ROC
Co-sponsor
Michael Granger
R - HD-02-STR
Co-sponsor
Erica Layon
R - HD-13-ROC
Co-sponsor
Valerie McDonnell
R - HD-25-ROC
Co-sponsor
Donald McFarlane
R - HD-18-GRA
Co-sponsor
Kristin Noble
R - HD-02-HIL
Co-sponsor
Matt Sabourin
R - HD-30-ROC
Co-sponsor
Joe Sweeney
R - HD-25-ROC
Co-sponsor
James Thibault
R - HD-25-MER
Co-sponsor
Tim McGough
R - SD-011
Co-sponsor
Keith Murphy
R - SD-016
Co-sponsor
Howard Pearl
R - SD-017
Co-sponsor
Victoria Sullivan
R - SD-018
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-12-17 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety House Journal 1 P. 36
- 2026-01-08 Public Hearing: 01/14/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- 2026-01-20 Executive Session: 01/14/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- 2026-01-22 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/14/2026 (Vote 7-6; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 5 P. 20
- 2026-01-22 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- 2026-02-05 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 188-165 02/05/2026 House Journal 3 P. 27
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Finance 02/05/2026 House Journal 3 P. 29
- 2026-02-05 Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/05/2026 House Journal 3 P. 57
- 2026-02-09 Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; Senate Journal 4
- 2026-04-01 Hearing: 04/14/2026, Room 100, State House, 01:45 pm; Senate Calendar 13
- 2026-04-30 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1775s, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-2; Senate Calendar 17
- 2026-05-07 Special Order to 05/14/2026, Without Objection, Motion Adopted; 05/07/2026 Senate Journal 11
- 2026-05-07 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1775s, 05/14/2026, Vote 3-2; Senate Calendar 18
- 2026-05-14 Committee Amendment # 2026-1775s, Amendment Failed, Voice Vote; 05/14/2026; Senate Journal 12
- 2026-05-14 Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2026-1882s, Amendment Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/14/2026; Senate Journal 12
- 2026-05-14 Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1882s, Regular Calendar 14Y-8N, Motion Adopted; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; Senate Journal 12
- 2026-05-18 House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1882s and Requests CofC (Rep. Roy): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13
- 2026-05-18 Speaker Appoints: Reps. Roy, Rhodes, Paquette, Osborne 05/14/2026 House Journal 13
- 2026-05-21 Sen. Gannon Refused to Accede to House Request for Committee of Conference, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/21/2026; Senate Journal 13
Committee Referrals
2025-12-17
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
House
2026-02-05
Finance
House
2026-02-09
Judiciary
Senate
Calendar Events
Past Events (3)
2026-01-14
Hearing - GP 159
2026-01-14
Hearing - GP 159
2026-04-14
Hearing - Room 100, State House
Votes
OTP
2026-02-05
Passed
Yea: 188
Nay: 165
NV: 11
Absent: 30
Individual Votes (394)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Nay | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Nay | Andrew Prout | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Nay | Arnold Davis | Absent |
| Allison Knab | Nay | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Nay | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Nay | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Absent |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Brian Taylor | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Bryan Morse | Absent |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Absent | Charles Foote | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles McMahon | Nay |
| Charlie St. Clair | Nay | Charles Melvin | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | NV | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Absent |
| Dale Girard | Yea | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Love | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | NV | David Lundgren | Absent |
| Daniel LeClerc | Nay | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Nagel | Nay |
| David Fracht | Nay | David Walker | Yea |
| David Luneau | Nay | Deborah Aylward | NV |
| David Meuse | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Preece | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Nay | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Absent | Donald McFarlane | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Nay | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Douglas Trottier | Absent |
| Erica deVries | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | Nay | Gregory Hill | Absent |
| George Sykes | Nay | Harry Bean | NV |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Summers | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Jaci Grote | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Roesener | Nay | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Absent | Jeffrey Tenczar | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Nay | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Nay | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Fedolfi | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Nay | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jim Maggiore | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | Joe Alexander | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Nay | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Stone | NV | John Leavitt | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Nay | John MacDonald | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Nay | John Potucek | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Nay | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | Nay | John Sellers | Yea |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | John Suiter | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Nay | John Sytek | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Nay | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | Nay | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Nay | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Absent |
| Loren Foxx | Nay | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark Vallone | NV | Kevin Verville | Absent |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Nay | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Absent | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Nay | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Linda Gould | Absent |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Myles England | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Nay | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Nay | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Nay | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Nay | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Matthew Coker | Absent |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Absent | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Stephanie Grund | Nay | Michael Murphy | Absent |
| Stephanie Payeur | Absent | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Bordes | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Absent |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Nicholas Bridle | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Nay | Paul Terry | Absent |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Nay | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Peter Morency | Yea |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Nay | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Nay | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Nay | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| William Darby | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| William Dolan | Nay | Robley Hall | Absent |
| William Palmer | Nay | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Yea | ||
| Russell Dumais | NV | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sandra Panek | Absent | ||
| Sayra Devito | Yea | ||
| Scott Bryer | Absent | ||
| Sean Durkin | Yea | ||
| Seth King | Yea | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Yea | ||
| Sherman Packard | NV | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | Yea | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Absent | ||
| Terry Roy | Yea | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | NV | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | Yea | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Yea | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Absent | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Absent | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — Absent
Ought to Pass w/Amendment
2026-05-14
Passed
Yea: 14
Nay: 8
NV: 0
Absent: 2
Individual Votes (24)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Nay | Daniel Innis | Absent |
| David Watters | Nay | Daryl Abbas | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Nay | David Rochefort | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Nay | Denise Ricciardi | Absent |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Howard Pearl | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Nay | James Gray | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Nay | Keith Murphy | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Nay | Kevin Avard | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Yea | ||
| Regina Birdsell | Yea | ||
| Ruth Ward | Yea | ||
| Sharon Carson | Yea | ||
| Tim McGough | Yea | ||
| Timothy Lang | Yea | ||
| Victoria Sullivan | Yea | ||
| William Gannon | Yea |