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HB1270: relative to protective custody statutes.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2024 HB1270
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Bill details

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

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Judiciary
Hearing
04/02/2024 at 02:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts Children and family law

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CHAPTER 72

HB 1270-FN - FINAL VERSION

14Mar2024... 0851h

2024 SESSION

24-2054

09/10

HOUSE BILL 1270-FN

AN ACT relative to protective custody statutes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Schapiro, Ches. 16; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Thackston, Ches. 12; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 9; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill repeals contact requirements imposed upon local jails and county correctional facilities before lodging an individual incapacitated by either alcohol or drugs in the local jail or county correctional facility in protective custody.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14Mar2024... 0851h 24-2054

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to protective custody statutes.

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

72:1 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 172:15, III, relative to contact requirements regarding incapacitated individuals taken into drug-related protective custody.

II. RSA 172-B:3, III, relative to contact requirements regarding incapacitated individuals taken into alcohol-related protective custody.

72:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 14, 2024

Effective Date: August 13, 2024