Bill Text - SB182 (2020)

Relative to a duty to report when another person has suffered grave physical harm.


Revision: Nov. 15, 2019, 9:48 a.m.

SB 182  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0266

05/04

 

SENATE BILL 182

 

AN ACT relative to a duty to report when another person has suffered grave physical harm.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a duty to report when another person has suffered grave physical harm.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0266

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to a duty to report when another person has suffered grave physical harm.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Duty to Report Harm.  Amend RSA 508 by inserting after section 12-d the following new section:

508:12-e  Duty to Report Harm.  Any person who knows that another has suffered or is exposed to grave physical harm shall report the situation to law enforcement or other emergency first responders as soon as reasonably practicable.  Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of  $100.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.