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HB1011: (New Title) relative to criminal mischief.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2022 HB1011
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Conference Report Adopted
Senate status
Conference Report Adopted
Committee
Senate Judiciary
Hearing
05/18/2022 at 10:30 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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CHAPTER 290

HB 1011-FN - FINAL VERSION

26May2022... 2049CofC

2022 SESSION

22-2297

04/08

HOUSE BILL 1011-FN

AN ACT relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.

SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill amends the penalty for criminal mischief to public property.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26May2022... 2049CofC 22-2297

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.

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

290:1 Destruction of Property; Criminal Mischief. Amend RSA 634:2, VI to read as follows:

VI. Any person who is found guilty of criminal mischief under paragraph III of this section because he or she has vandalized, defaced, destroyed, tampered with, or made any other unauthorized alteration, whether permanent or temporary, [on] to public property, shall be guilty of a [violation and shall also make restitution for any damage he or she has caused] class A misdemeanor.

290:2 New Paragraph; Destruction of Property; Criminal Mischief. Amend RSA 634:2 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VI-a. Any person who is found guilty of criminal mischief under this section because he or she has vandalized, defaced, destroyed, tampered with, or made any other unauthorized alteration, whether permanent or temporary, to public property shall be ordered to pay restitution for any damage he or she has caused.

290:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 01, 2022

Effective Date: July 01, 2022