Bill Text: NH HB1481 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the qualifications of jurors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 160 [HB1481 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1481-Introduced.html

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HB 1481 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2578

09/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1481

 

AN ACT relative to the qualifications of jurors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires jurors to be citizens of New Hampshire and to have read the New Hampshire constitution.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2578

09/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to the qualifications of jurors.

 

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

 

1  Juror Qualification Form.  Amend RSA 500-A:6, III(b)(1) to read as follows:

(1)  A citizen of [the United States] New Hampshire and a resident of the county;

2  New Subparagraph; Juror Qualification Form.  Amend RSA 500-A:6, III(b) by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following new subparagraph:

(5)  Knowledgeable of the content of the New Hampshire constitution.

3  Qualifications of Jurors.  Amend RSA 500-A:7-a, II to read as follows:

II.  A juror shall be a citizen of [the United States] New Hampshire and a resident of the county of jury service.

4  New Paragraph; Qualifications of Jurors.  Amend RSA 500-A:7-a by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  A juror shall have read the New Hampshire constitution.

5  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.