SB 437 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2844
04/03
SENATE BILL 437
AN ACT relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill amends the time period for when a person incarcerated under a suspended sentence may bring a petition to suspend his or her sentence.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2844
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Incarceration Under a Suspended Sentence. Amend the introductory subparagraph of RSA 651:20, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Any person sentenced to state prison for a minimum term of 6 years or more shall not bring a petition to suspend sentence until such person [has served at least 4 years or 2/3 of his minimum sentence, whichever is greater,] is within 18 months of serving 2/3 of his or her minimum sentence, and not more frequently than every 3 years thereafter. Any person sentenced to state prison for a minimum term of less than 6 years shall not bring a petition to suspend sentence until such person has served at least 2/3 of the minimum sentence, or the petition has been authorized by the sentencing court. For the purposes of this subparagraph:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 18, 2020 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 3, 2020 | Senate | Hearing |
June 16, 2020: No Pending Motion; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
June 16, 2020: Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
March 3, 2020: Hearing: 03/03/2020, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2020-0703s; SC 9
Feb. 18, 2020: Hearing: 02/18/2020, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 7
Jan. 8, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1