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HB195: adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2021 HB195
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Criminal justice and courts Public safety

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CHAPTER 130

HB 195 - FINAL VERSION

05/27/2021 1708s

2021 SESSION

21-0361

04/11

HOUSE BILL 195

AN ACT adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.

SPONSORS: Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Roy, Rock. 32; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 15; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill inserts an exception to the crime of reckless conduct for the display of a firearm.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/27/2021 1708s 21-0361

04/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT adding display of a firearm as an exception to reckless conduct.

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

130:1 New Paragraph; Reckless Conduct; Exception for Display of a Firearm. Amend RSA 631:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. The act of displaying a firearm shall not, in and of itself and without additional circumstances, constitute reckless conduct under this section.

130:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 23, 2021

Effective Date: September 21, 2021