HB 1283 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2077
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1283
AN ACT prohibiting sobriety checkpoints.
SPONSORS: Rep. Stone, Rock. 1; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Costable, Rock. 3; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 33; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits a law enforcement agency from conducting a sobriety checkpoint.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2077
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT prohibiting sobriety checkpoints.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rules of the Road; Sobriety Checkpoints. Amend RSA 265:1-a to read as follows:
265:1-a Sobriety Checkpoints. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct sobriety checkpoints [for the purposes of enforcing the criminal laws of this state, unless such law enforcement officer or agency petitions the superior court and the court issues an order authorizing the sobriety checkpoint after determining that the sobriety checkpoint is warranted and the proposed method of stopping vehicles satisfies constitutional guarantees].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 30, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 22, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 29, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 19, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
April 19, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 15Y-7N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
April 19, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/19/2018; SC 17
March 29, 2018: Hearing: 03/29/2018, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 14
March 8, 2018: Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7
Feb. 22, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 16
: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 12-8; RC)
Feb. 22, 2018: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 7 P. 14
Jan. 30, 2018: Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 204
Jan. 18, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 10:00 AM LOB 204
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 5