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SB421: relative to felony criminal threatening.

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Criminal justice and courts

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SB 421-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2985

09/05

SENATE BILL 421-FN

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.


ANALYSIS

This bill elevates the use of an item that reasonably appears to a victim to be a deadly weapon in certain criminal threatening situations to a class B felony.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2985

09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.

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

1 Criminal Code; Assault and Related Offenses; Criminal Threatening. Amend RSA 631:4, II(a)(2) to read as follows:

(2) Uses a deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V, or uses an item that reasonably appears to the victim to be a deadly weapon, in the violation of the provisions of subparagraph I(a), I(b), I(c), or I(d).

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.

LBA

24-2985

11/7/23

SB 421-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.

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

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METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association