Revision: March 27, 2015, midnight
SB 162 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0367
03/04
SENATE BILL 162
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 18 is in the vehicle.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. DiSesa, Straf 16; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 19
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill prohibits smoking in a motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 18 is in the vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0367
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 18 is in the vehicle.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:
265:107-b Smoking Prohibited.
I. No person shall smoke tobacco products in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 18 is in the vehicle.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.
III. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.