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SB379: (New Title) relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.
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- Joseph Foster Senate · Dist 13
- Robert Clegg Senate · Dist 14
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CHAPTER 47
SB 379-FN – FINAL VERSION
02/16/06 0831s
2006 SESSION
06-2962
04/01
SENATE BILL 379-FN
AN ACT relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a felony offense for causing or threatening harm to certain government officials or a member of their immediate family.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/16/06 0831s
06-2962
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
47:1 New Section; Harm or Threats to Certain Government Officials. Amend RSA 631 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
631:4-a Harm or Threats to Certain Government Officials.
I. A person is guilty of a class A felony if he or she causes bodily injury to, or commits any other crime against, a sitting member of the general court, an executive councilor, a past or present governor, member of the judiciary, marital master, or member of their immediate family, for the purpose of influencing such official’s action or in retaliation for action taken as a part of an official’s government duties.
II. A person is guilty of a class B felony if he or she threatens bodily injury or threatens to commit any other crime against a sitting member of the general court, an executive councilor, a past or present governor, member of the judiciary, marital master, or member of their immediate family, for the purpose of influencing such official’s action or in retaliation for action taken as a part of an official’s government duties.
III. Violations of this statute shall be prosecuted by the office of the attorney general.
47:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
Approved: April 18, 2006
Effective: January 1, 2007