Revision: Nov. 28, 2023, 8:14 a.m.
HB 1025-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2298
09/08
HOUSE BILL 1025-FN
AN ACT relative to disorderly conduct.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hynes, Hills. 2
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the prohibition against directing at another person in a public place obscene, derisive, or offensive words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction on the part of an ordinary person.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2298
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to disorderly conduct.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 644:2, II(b), relative to directing at another person in a public place obscene, derisive, or offensive words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
24-2298
10/4/23
HB 1025-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to disorderly conduct.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
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Expenditures | Indeterminable | |||||
Funding Source | General Fund | |||||
Appropriations | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source | None | |||||
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
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County Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
County Expenditures | Indeterminable | |||||
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Local Expenditures | Indeterminable | |||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/FiscalNotes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association