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SB65: repealing the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits.

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SB 65-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0917

04/11

SENATE BILL 65-FN

AN ACT repealing the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits.


ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0917

04/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT repealing the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits.

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

1 Repeal. RSA 359-R, relative to the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits, is repealed.

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

LBA

21-0917

1/6/21

SB 65-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT repealing the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other

COUNTY:

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

Indeterminable Decrease

METHODOLOGY:

This bill repeals the prohibition on the sale of over-the-counter rape test kits. Repeal of RSA 359-R would also eliminate the associated violation offenses and any revenue from the $1,000 fines. There is no method to determine how many charges would be avoided as a result of the changes contained in this bill to determine the fiscal impact on expenditures. However, the entities impacted have provided the potential costs associated with these penalties below.

Judicial Branch

FY 2021

FY 2022

Violation Level Offense

$53

$53

Appeals

Varies

Varies

It should be noted that average case cost estimates for FY 2021 and FY 2022 are based on data that is more than ten years old and does not reflect changes to the courts over that same period of time or the impact these changes may have on processing the various case types.

NH Association of Counties

County Prosecution Costs

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

The Department of Justice is not involved in the prosecution of such offenses, which would be handled by county and local prosecutors.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Department of Justice and Association of Counties