Bill Text - SB564 (2020)

(New Title) proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.


Revision: March 5, 2020, 12:48 p.m.

SB 564 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/05/2020   0768s

2020 SESSION

20-2785

05/08

 

SENATE BILL 564

 

AN ACT proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. Telerski, Hills. 35; Rep. Vail, Hills. 30

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/05/2020   0768s 20-2785

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Observances Proclaimed by Governor; Overdose Awareness Day.  Amend RSA 4 by inserting after section 13-aa the following new section:

4:13-bb  Overdose Awareness Day.  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day, a day to honor and remember those who have died or suffered a permanent injury as a result of an overdose, to raise awareness of the epidemic, and to reduce the stigma associated with addiction, overdoses, and overdose fatalities.

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