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HB1415: relative to escape from official custody.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 HB1415
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Bill details

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House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
SENATE Judiciary
Hearing
03/22/2016 at 10:15 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts Children and family law

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CHAPTER 171

HB 1415 - FINAL VERSION

05/05/2016 1795s

2016 SESSION

16-2557

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1415

AN ACT relative to escape from official custody.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Wheeler, Merr. 3; Rep. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 5; Rep. Henle, Merr. 12; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill creates a penalty for escaping from administrative confinement or court-mandated treatment programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/05/2016 1795s 16-2557

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to escape from official custody.

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

171:1 Obstruction of Government Operations; Escape from Confinement. Amend RSA 642:6, III to read as follows:

III. The offense is a class A felony if the actor employs force against any person or threatens any person with a deadly weapon to effect the escape, except that if the deadly weapon is a firearm, the actor shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g. The offense is a class B felony if the actor was on parole, subject to a bail order, was a prisoner at an adult or juvenile correction facility at the time, or had been released from any correctional institution pursuant to administrative home confinement or any treatment program or other place as directed by the correctional authority or sentencing court, or had a prior conviction of the crime of escape. If no physical force was used by the actor and no persons other than the actor sustained bodily injury as a result of the escape, the offense is a class A misdemeanor.

171:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: January 1, 2017