HB 1199 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2288
04/08
HOUSE BILL 1199
AN ACT relative to telephone costs for county prisoners.
SPONSORS: Rep. Keans, Straf. 23
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that the fee charged by a county department of corrections for prisoners' use of the telephone service not exceed the county's cost to provide the service.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2288
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to telephone costs for county prisoners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; County Departments of Correction; Superintendent. Amend RSA 30-B:4 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. The superintendent may provide telephone service to prisoners in his or her custody. The superintendent may charge prisoners a fee for the use of the telephone service but the total fees collected from all prisoners using the telephone service shall not exceed the county's cost to provide the service.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 16, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 29, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| Sept. 10, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote |
: Interim Study Report: Recommended for Future Legislation (Vote 17-0)
Sept. 10, 2020: Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2020 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using this link: https://www.zoom.us/j/94546962259 - Executive Session to Follow
Feb. 19, 2020: Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 02/19/2020 HJ 4 P. 18
: Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 19, 2020: Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study for 02/19/2020 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 12
Jan. 29, 2020: Executive Session: 01/29/2020 01:30 pm LOB 301
Jan. 16, 2020: Public Hearing: 01/16/2020 10:30 am LOB 301
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 13