Bill Text - SB133 (2017)

Relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.


Revision: June 29, 2017, 2:59 p.m.

CHAPTER 175

SB 133-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

03/30/2017   1156s

2017 SESSION

17-0769

04/03

 

SENATE BILL 133-FN

 

AN ACT relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes changes to the security screening procedure at state correctional facilities.

 

This bill is a request of the department of corrections.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/30/2017   1156s 17-0769

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

175:1  State Prisons; Security Screening Required.  RSA 622:6-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

622:6-a  Security Screening Required.  Any individual entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility, including but not limited to visitors, state officials, employees, contractors, and vendors, shall be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections that will incorporate the use of electronic devices, visual searches, pat searches, or search by drug dog.  All prisoners may be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections, including a full body security scanner at any time and shall be subject to one or more security screenings, including a full body scanner upon entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility.  The full body security scanners shall be installed and operated in a manner that only enables the detection of weapons and contraband.  No image created by a full body scanner shall be copied or duplicated except for images that are used for investigative purposes or that show weapons or contraband and are needed as evidence for prosecution.

175:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 28, 2017

Effective Date: August 27, 2017