Revision: Feb. 10, 2022, 1:53 p.m.
Senate Judiciary
February 10, 2022
2022-0662s
04/08
Amendment to SB 292
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Probationers and Parolees; Detention of Violators. Amend RSA 504-A:5 to read as follows:
504-A:5 Detention of Violators. Any probationer or parolee who is arrested under the authority of RSA 504-A:4 or RSA 651-A:25 shall be detained at the county [jail] correctional facility closest to the location where he or she was arrested or any other suitable confinement facility in reasonable proximity to the location where he or she was arrested. Upon detainment, the superintendent of the facility or designee shall notify the detainee's probation and parole officer of the detainee's arrest. Such probationer or parolee shall be detained there pending a preliminary hearing which shall be held within 72 hours from the time [of] the superintendent or designee notifies the detainee's probation and parole officer of the arrest, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, or, if supervised pursuant to RSA 651-A:25, shall be detained pending a hearing, including a final revocation hearing, or transfer to the sending state. No county correctional superintendent shall refuse to accept a probationer or parolee committed to his or her facility for detention by or under the authority of a probation or parole officer.