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2024 SESSION
24-3107.0
09/08
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT establishing a misdemeanor for first-offense controlled drug possession.
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ANALYSIS
This bill amends the penalty for obtaining, purchasing, transporting, possessing, or having under a person's control a controlled drug to a class A misdemeanor, and amends the penalty for a subsequent offense to a class B felony.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3107.0
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT establishing a misdemeanor for first-offense controlled drug possession.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Controlled Drug Act; Penalties. Amend RSA 318-B:26, II(a) to read as follows:
(a) In the case of a controlled drug or its analog, classified in schedules I, II, III, [or] IV, or V, other than those specifically covered in this section, the person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense [B felony, except that notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 651:2, IV(a), a fine of not more than $25,000 may be imposed]. If any person commits such a violation after one or more prior offenses as defined in RSA 318-B:27, such person shall be guilty of a class B [A] felony[, except that notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 651:2, IV(a), a fine of up to $50,000 may be imposed].
2 Repeal. RSA 318-B:26, II(b), relative to the penalty for the possession of a Class V controlled drug, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.