Bill Text - SB644 (2020)

Relative to missing children.


Revision: Jan. 14, 2020, 12:44 p.m.

SB 644  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2835

05/03

 

SENATE BILL 644

 

AN ACT relative to missing children.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines a missing child as any person under 18 years of age for purposes of RSA 169-E.  A missing child is currently defined as any person under 16 years of age.

 

The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2835

05/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to missing children.

 

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

 

1  Missing Children; Age.  Amend RSA 169-E:1 to read as follows:

169-E:1  Definition.  For the purposes of this chapter "missing child" means any person under the age of [16] 18 years missing from his or her normal and ordinary place of residence and whose whereabouts cannot be determined by a person responsible for the child's care.

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