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HB1295: relative to persons held in civil contempt.

Citation
2018 HB1295
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Bill details

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House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
Senate Judiciary
Hearing
04/09/2018 at 01:15 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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HB 1295 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

21Mar2018... 0627h

2018 SESSION

18-2126

05/04

HOUSE BILL 1295

AN ACT relative to persons held in civil contempt.

SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill declares that no person shall be incarcerated for civil contempt without there being a finding that the person has the liquid assets to satisfy the contempt penalty.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21Mar2018... 0627h 18-2126

05/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to persons held in civil contempt.

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

1 New Section; Penalties; Civil Contempt. Amend RSA 458 by inserting after section 52 the following new section:

458:53 Penalties; Civil Contempt. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no family division circuit court shall incarcerate a person for civil contempt without findings of fact to support such action. In addition, no person shall be required to sell his or her principal residence, the value of which does not exceed the amount of the homestead exemption in RSA 480:1, or to sell his or her sole motor vehicle, the value of which does not exceed the amount specified in RSA 511:2, XVI, to satisfy a finding of civil contempt.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.