CHAPTER 51
HB 1000 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-2067
04/05
HOUSE BILL 1000
AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle profiling.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits law enforcement agencies from engaging in motorcycle profiling.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2067
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle profiling.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
51:1 New Section; Motor Vehicles; Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws; Motorcycle Profiling Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 1-b the following new section:
265:1-c Motorcycle Profiling Prohibited. No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency shall engage in motorcycle profiling. In this section, "motorcycle profiling" shall mean use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a basis for deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle under the United States Constitution or the New Hampshire constitution.
51:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: July 19, 2022
Date | Body | Type |
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Feb. 22, 2022 | House | Hearing |
Feb. 22, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
April 5, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
April 28, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 24, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 51; Eff. 07/19/2022
May 18, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
May 17, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
April 28, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
April 21, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/28/2022; SC 17
March 30, 2022: ===ROOM CHANGE=== Hearing: 04/05/2022, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 14
March 15, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5
March 11, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5
March 2, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 14-0; CC)
March 2, 2022: Executive Session: 02/22/2022 10:00 am SH Reps Hall
Feb. 19, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/22/2022 10:00 am SH Reps Hall
Oct. 29, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Transportation
: To Be Introduced and referred to Transportation