CHAPTER 171
HB 1415 - FINAL VERSION
05/05/2016 1795s
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1415
AN ACT\trelative to escape from official custody.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Wheeler, Merr. 3; Rep. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 5; Rep. Henle, Merr. 12; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10
COMMITTEE:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill creates a penalty for escaping from administrative confinement or court-mandated treatment programs.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/05/2016 1795s\t16-2557
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to escape from official custody.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t171:1 Obstruction of Government Operations; Escape from Confinement. Amend RSA 642:6, III to read as follows:
\tIII. The offense is a class A felony if the actor employs force against any person or threatens any person with a deadly weapon to effect the escape, except that if the deadly weapon is a firearm, the actor shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g. The offense is a class B felony if the actor was on parole, subject to a bail order, was a prisoner at an adult or juvenile correction facility at the time, or had been released from any correctional institution pursuant to administrative home confinement or any treatment program or other place as directed by the correctional authority or sentencing court, or had a prior conviction of the crime of escape. If no physical force was used by the actor and no persons other than the actor sustained bodily injury as a result of the escape, the offense is a class A misdemeanor.
\t171:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
Approved: June 3, 2016
Effective Date: January 1, 2017