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2024 SESSION
24-2948.0
09/08
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the penalties for certain driving offenses while released on bail for certain offenses.
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for enhanced charges for certain driving offenses that were committed while released on bail or summons for a certain offenses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2948.0
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the penalties for certain driving offenses while released on bail for certain offenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Criminal Code; Sentences; General Provisions; Sentences and Limitations. Amend RSA 651:2 by inserting after paragraph II-h the following new paragraph:
II-i. A person charged with any offense under RSA 265, RSA 265-A, or RSA 630:3 whose offense was also based on facts that the offense was committed while the person was released on bail or summons for an earlier offense under RSA 265-A or RSA 630:3, may be subject to enhanced penalties for such offenses, as follows:
(a) If the offense would otherwise constitute a violation, it may be charged as a class B misdemeanor.
(b) If the offense would otherwise constitute a class B misdemeanor, it may be charged as a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If the offense would otherwise constitute a class A misdemeanor, it may be charged as a class B felony.
(d) If the offense would otherwise constitute a class B felony, it may be charged as a class A felony.
(e) If the offense is a class A felony or an unclassified felony, there shall be no enhanced charge.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.