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SB361: relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2024 SB361
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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
House Judiciary
Hearing
03/20/2024 at 11:30 AM
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Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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CHAPTER 82

SB 361-FN - FINAL VERSION

03/07/2024 0975s

2024 SESSION

24-2841

09/10

SENATE BILL 361-FN

AN ACT relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 10; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the paraprofessional pilot program by 5 years and extends it to all courts. It further changes the report due on the program from the supreme court by January 1, 2025 to an interim report, and requires a final report by January 1, 2029.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/07/2024 0975s 24-2841

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.

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

82:1 Attorneys and Counselors; Legal Services by Paraprofessionals; Report; Supreme Court. Amend 2022, 194:3 to read as follows:

194:3 Report; Supreme Court. The supreme court shall provide [a] an interim report regarding the efficacy of the pilot program in this act to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority leader, and the senate minority leader no later than January 1, 2025. The supreme court shall also provide a final report regarding the efficacy of the pilot program in this act to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority leader, and the senate minority leader no later than January 1, 2029.

82:2 Attorneys and Counselors; Legal Services by Paraprofessionals; Prospective Repeal. Amend 2022, 194:4, I to read as follows:

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, [2025] 2030.

82:3 Repeal. RSA 311:2-a, II, relative to restricting paraprofessional representation to certain courts, is repealed.

82:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 14, 2024

Effective Date: June 14, 2024