Bill Text - HB598 (2022)

Relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.


Revision: Jan. 13, 2021, 4:08 p.m.

HB 598  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2021 SESSION

21-0582

04/10

 

HOUSE BILL 598

 

AN ACT relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 36; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. R. Newman, Hills. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that an incarcerated person shall be eligible for parole upon the completion of 50 percent of the person's minimum 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0582

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Sentences and Limitations; Eligibility for Parole.  Amend RSA 651:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:

IX.  Any person sentenced under this chapter may apply for parole upon the completion of 50 percent of such person's minimum sentence, unless otherwise prohibited by law.  

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