Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:34 p.m.
CHAPTER 171
HB 491 - FINAL VERSION
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2019 SESSION
19-0520
08/04
HOUSE BILL 491
AN ACT relative to questioning and detaining suspects.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rodd, Merr. 6; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. Opderbecke, Straf. 15; Rep. Almy, Graf. 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that refusing to provide a name and address, upon request by a peace officer, shall not, by itself, constitute grounds for arrest.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to questioning and detaining suspects.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
171:1 Questioning and Detaining Suspects. Amend RSA 594:2 to read as follows:
594:2 Questioning and Detaining Suspects. A peace officer may stop any person [abroad] whom [he] the officer has reason to suspect is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime[, and may demand of him his name, address, business abroad and where he is going]. An officer may request the person's name and address, but the officer shall not arrest the person based solely on the person's refusal to provide such information.
171:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 10, 2019
Effective Date: September 08, 2019