CHAPTER 225
HB 743 – FINAL VERSION
27Mar2007… 0849h
07Jun2007… 2032eba
2007 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 743
AN ACT relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement.
SPONSORS: Rep. W. Knowles, Straf 6; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Movsesian, Hills 22; Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill permits a victim to make an impact statement at the sentencing, sentence review, or sentence reduction hearings and prohibits a victim from being questioned by counsel when giving an impact statement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2007… 0849h
07Jun2007… 2032eba
07-1112
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
225:1 Rights of Crime Victims. Amend RSA 21-M:8-k, II(p) to read as follows:
(p) The right to appear and make a written or oral victim impact statement at the sentencing of the defendant or, in the case of a plea bargain, prior to any plea bargain agreement. No victim shall be subject to questioning by counsel when giving an impact statement.
225:2 Rights of Crime Victims. Amend RSA 21-M:8-k, II(r) to read as follows:
(r) The right to be notified of, [and] to attend, and to make a written or oral victim impact statement at the sentence review hearings and sentence reduction hearings. No victim shall be subject to questioning by counsel when giving an impact statement.
225:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2007
Effective: August 24, 2007