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HB145: relative to physical force in defense of a person.

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HB 145 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0281

04/05

HOUSE BILL 145

AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.


ANALYSIS

This bill removes certain instances where using deadly force to defend oneself or another person is not legally justifiable.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0281

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.

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

1 Repeal. RSA 627:4, III, relative to certain instances in which the use of deadly force in defense of oneself or another person is not legally justifiable, is repealed.

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