Bill Text - HB1514 (2018)

Relative to shelter-in-place orders.


Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 8:20 a.m.

HB 1514-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2497

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1514-FN

 

AN ACT relative to shelter-in-place orders.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40; Rep. Stone, Rock. 1; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the detention of certain persons during shelter-in-place orders.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2497

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to shelter-in-place orders.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Detention During Shelter-In-Place Order.  Amend RSA 594 by inserting after section 14-a the following new section:

594:14-b  Detention During Shelter-In-Place Order.  No officer shall issue a summons or detain a person for violating a shelter-in-place order issued by the state, a municipality, or law enforcement agency absent probable cause or reasonable suspicion of another offense.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

 

LBAO

18-2497

11/2/17

 

HB 1514-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to shelter-in-place orders.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Various Governmental Funds

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill would prohibit detention of a person for violating a shelter-in-place order unless there is probable cause or reasonable suspicion of another offense.

The Department of Safety states determining the fiscal impact of this bill is not possible because it is unknown how often shelter-in-place orders will be issued or how many people, if any, would violate the orders.  The Department assumes the bill would have an indeterminable impact on state expenditures and no impact on state revenues.

 

The New Hampshire Association of Counties indicates this bill will have no fiscal impact on the counties.

 

The New Hampshire Municipal Association indicates this bill will have no impact on municipal revenues or expenditures.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety, New Hampshire Association of Counties and New Hampshire Municipal Association