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HB1312: relative to persons held in civil contempt.

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HB 1312 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2020... 0811h

2020 SESSION

20-2236

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1312

AN ACT relative to persons held in civil contempt.


AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that no person shall be incarcerated for civil contempt without written findings of fact.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 0811h 20-2236

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

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. No family division circuit court shall incarcerate a person for civil contempt without written findings of fact to support such action.

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