Bill Text: NH HB1156 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to preserving due process in all common law matters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-02-01 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 13, PG.743 [HB1156 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1156-Introduced.html

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HB 1156 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2532

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1156

AN ACT relative to preserving due process in all common law matters.

SPONSORS: Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill requires all criminal proceedings brought in any court of the state to be initiated by a grand jury investigation.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2532

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to preserving due process in all common law matters.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Due Process; Finding. The general court finds that Article III, Section II of the Constitution of the United States clearly states, “The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of