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SB145: prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

Citation
2017 SB145
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Senate status
Died On The Table
Committee
Senate Health and Human Services
Hearing
01/31/2017 at 01:30 PM
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Sponsors

Topics

Health and Human Services Transportation

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SB 145 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0395

03/01

SENATE BILL 145

AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16; Rep. Kotowski, Merr. 24; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. J. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits smoking in a motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0395

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

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

1 New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:

265:107-b Smoking Prohibited.

I. No person shall smoke tobacco products in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.

III. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.