Bill Text - HB545 (2019)

Prohibiting law enforcement officers from questioning a minor at school without a parent or guardian present.


Revision: Jan. 15, 2019, 12:53 p.m.

HB 545 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0406

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 545

 

AN ACT prohibiting law enforcement officers from questioning a minor at school without a parent or guardian present.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. French, Graf. 14; Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 37; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Greene, Hills. 37; Rep. Fowler, Rock. 20; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits law enforcement officers from questioning a minor on school property without a parent or guardian present.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0406

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT prohibiting law enforcement officers from questioning a minor at school without a parent or guardian present.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Questioning of Minors.  Amend RSA 193-D by inserting after section 9 the following new section:

193-D:10  Questioning of Minors.  Law enforcement is prohibited from questioning a minor student on school property without the minor's parent or guardian present during the course of an investigation of any crime.  For purposes of this section, law enforcement shall include school resource officers.

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