Bill Text: NH HB1270 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to protective custody statutes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-20 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 72; eff. 8/13/2024 House Journal 16 [HB1270 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1270-Enrolled.html

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HB 1270-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

14Mar2024... 0851h

2024 SESSION

24-2054

09/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1270-FN

 

AN ACT relative to protective custody statutes.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Schapiro, Ches. 16; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Thackston, Ches. 12; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 9; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals contact requirements imposed upon local jails and county correctional facilities before lodging an individual incapacitated by either alcohol or drugs in the local jail or county correctional facility in protective custody.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14Mar2024... 0851h 24-2054

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to protective custody statutes.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 172:15, III, relative to contact requirements regarding incapacitated individuals taken into drug-related protective custody.

II.  RSA 172-B:3, III, relative to contact requirements regarding incapacitated individuals taken into alcohol-related protective custody.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

24-2054

Amended 4/1/24

 

HB 1270-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2024-0851h)

 

AN ACT relative to protective custody statutes.

 

FISCAL IMPACT: [   ] State [   ] County [   ] Local [ X ] None

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended by the House, has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.

 

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Municipal Association and New Hampshire Association of Counties