HB 1369 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1369
AN ACT\trequiring judges to grant earned time credits when a prisoner has substantially reduced the threat he or she poses to the public.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Robertson, Ches. 6; Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Rep. B. French, Merr. 6
COMMITTEE:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires the sentencing court to grant a prisoner's petition for earned time credits whenever the prisoner has substantially reduced, through self-improvement efforts, the threat he or she poses to the public.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trequiring judges to grant earned time credits when a prisoner has substantially reduced the threat he or she poses to the public.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Parole of Prisoners; Earned Time Credits. Amend RSA 651-A:22-a, II to read as follows:
\t\tII. The earned time reductions authorized in paragraph I of this section shall be available to prisoners who were incarcerated on or after the effective date of this section and who have been granted this option by the presiding justice at the time of sentencing. The earned time reductions authorized in paragraph I of this section shall be available to prisoners who were incarcerated prior to the effective date of this section upon recommendation of the commissioner and upon approval of the sentencing court in response to a petition which is timely brought by the prisoner. The sentencing court shall grant the petition for earned time credits whenever the prisoner has substantially reduced, through self-improvement efforts, the threat he or she poses to the public.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.