SB437: relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence.

SB 437 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2844

04/03

SENATE BILL 437

AN ACT relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the time period for when a person incarcerated under a suspended sentence may bring a petition to suspend his or her sentence.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2844

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence.

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

1 Incarceration Under a Suspended Sentence. Amend the introductory subparagraph of RSA 651:20, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) Any person sentenced to state prison for a minimum term of 6 years or more shall not bring a petition to suspend sentence until such person [has served at least 4 years or 2/3 of his minimum sentence, whichever is greater,] is within 18 months of serving 2/3 of his or her minimum sentence, and not more frequently than every 3 years thereafter. Any person sentenced to state prison for a minimum term of less than 6 years shall not bring a petition to suspend sentence until such person has served at least 2/3 of the minimum sentence, or the petition has been authorized by the sentencing court. For the purposes of this subparagraph:

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.