SB 425 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3037
09/10
SENATE BILL 425
AN ACT relative to bail commissioner fees.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Rep. O. Ford, Rock. 3; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 9; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 15
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the bail commissioner fee to $60.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3037
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to bail commissioner fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Proceedings in Criminal Cases; Bail and Recognizances; Bail Commissioners; Fees. Amend RSA 597:20 to read as follows:
597:20 Fees. The bail commissioners in such cases shall be entitled to a fee of [$40] $60. However, clerks of court or members of their staffs who are bail commissioners shall be entitled to collect such fee only when called while not on active duty. In jurisdictions where the bail commissioner is a full-time salaried police officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police employee, or anyone else authorized to execute police powers, such person shall not receive the fee established in this section, but instead such amount shall be remitted to the town or city in which the district court is situated. If the defendant is indigent, the fee shall be waived.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 7, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 29, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| April 10, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| April 19, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| May 8, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| May 15, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| Sept. 19, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote |
Oct. 31, 2024: Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation (Vote 17-0)
Sept. 12, 2024: Executive Session: 09/19/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
Sept. 12, 2024: Full Committee Work Session: 09/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
May 23, 2024: Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 8
May 15, 2024: Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 05/15/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 8
May 9, 2024: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
May 2, 2024: ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 05/08/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
April 10, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/19/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
April 5, 2024: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/10/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
March 21, 2024: Public Hearing: 03/29/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
March 12, 2024: Introduced 03/07/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 7 P. 110
March 7, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2024; SJ 6
Feb. 21, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9
Jan. 24, 2024: Hearing: 02/01/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 5
Dec. 12, 2023: To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1