HB1401: prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.

HB 1401 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2020... 0379h

2020 SESSION

20-2152

01/10

HOUSE BILL 1401

AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits smoking and e-cigarettes in 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 0379h 20-2152

01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.

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 or e-cigarettes 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, provided that a police officer may enforce the provisions of this section only as a secondary action when the police officer detains a driver of a motor vehicle for a suspected violation of another provision of Title XXI.

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