HB147 (2005) Detail

Relative to the death penalty.


CHAPTER 35

HB 147 – FINAL VERSION

2005 SESSION

05-0381

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

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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