HB1244 (2024) Detail

Prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.


HB 1244  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2201

05/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1244

 

AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2201

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited.  Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:

265:107-b  Smoking Prohibited.

I.  No person shall smoke tobacco products or e-cigarettes in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.

II.  The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100, provided that a police officer may enforce the provisions of this section only as a secondary action when the police officer detains a driver of a motor vehicle for a suspected violation of another provision of Title XXI.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 6, 2024 House Hearing
Feb. 13, 2024 House Exec Session
Feb. 13, 2024 House Floor Vote
House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1244 Revision: 39713 Date: Dec. 1, 2023, 3:23 p.m.
HB1244 Revision: 44189 Date: Oct. 3, 2023, 9:37 a.m.

Docket


March 14, 2024: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 188-171 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 92


March 8, 2024: Special Order to Regular Calendar of next Session day Without Objection HJ 7


Feb. 20, 2024: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass


Feb. 20, 2024: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2024 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 9 P. 31


Feb. 7, 2024: Executive Session: 02/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 203


Jan. 31, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 203


Dec. 1, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Transportation