Bill Text - SB376 (2022)

(New Title) relative to creating a board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues.


Revision: March 23, 2022, 1:20 p.m.

Senate Finance

March 23, 2022

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08/04

 

 

Amendment to SB 376-FN

 

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the creation of a health incident review board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues.

 

Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:

 

2  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study establishing a mental health incident review board for the purpose of performing a comprehensive analysis of all mental health aspects of all incidents involving law enforcement use of deadly force, and such non-lethal special weapons and tactics (SWAT) engagements, including regional SWAT teams, as the mental health incident review board may choose to review.

 

Amend paragraph II of section 4 of the bill by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraphs:

 

(l)  The president of the New Hampshire Sheriff's Association, or designee.

(m)  A member of the New Hampshire American Civil Liberties Union, appointed by that organization.

(n)  The president of the New Hampshire Trooper's Association, or designee.

(o)  The president of the New Hampshire Police Association, or designee.

 

Amend the bill by deleting section 7 and renumbering the original section 8 to read as 7.

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study the creation of a board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues.