Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:23 a.m.
HB 1485-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2646
06/01
HOUSE BILL 1485-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the installation of video surveillance cameras in community homes and group homes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Grossman, Rock. 18; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 21; Rep. Murphy, Hills. 21; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Mulligan, Graf. 12; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 23; Rep. Maes, Graf. 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires video surveillance cameras in group homes, residential and day schools, and buildings where services are provided for children and adults with disabilities.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2646
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the installation of video surveillance cameras in community homes and group homes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; New Hampshire Building Code; Group Homes; Residential Schools; Programs Providing Services to Children and Adults with Disabilities; Video Surveillance Cameras. Amend RSA 155-A by inserting after section 3-c the following new section:
155-A:3-d Code Requirements; Facilities for Adults and Children with Disabilities. Notwithstanding any provisions of the state building code or state fire code, the state building code review board shall adopt amendments to the state building code to require video surveillance cameras in common living areas, dining areas, hallways, classrooms, and time-out rooms in all group homes, residential and day schools, and buildings where services are provided for children and adults with disabilities.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.