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2024 SESSION
24-3126.0
09/05
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to criminal pre-trial services and monitoring.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits criminal defendants on pre-trial release from being required to pay for pre-trial services or monitoring, including electronic monitoring.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3126.0
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to criminal pre-trial services and monitoring.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Bail and Recognizances; General Provisions; Release of a Defendant Pending Trial. Amend RSA 597:2 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:
XI. New Hampshire court systems and counties shall not, under any circumstances, require defendants to pay for their own pre-trial services or monitoring, including, but not limited to, electronic monitoring equipment and use thereof.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.