CHAPTER 35
HB 147 – FINAL VERSION
2005 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 147
AN ACT relative to the death penalty.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill provides that no person who is under the age of 18 at the time the offense was committed shall be culpable of capital murder.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0381
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to the death penalty.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
35:1 Capital Murder. Amend RSA 630:1, V to read as follows:
V. In no event shall any person under the age of [17] 18 years at the time the offense was committed be culpable of a capital murder.
35:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.
(Approved: May 16, 2005)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2006)