Revision: April 7, 2025, 2:29 p.m.
SB 58-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/06/2025 0377s
2025 SESSION
25-1017
09/11
SENATE BILL 58-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 12; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Rep. Aures, Merr. 13
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill broadens criminal venue to allow for prosecution of the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting in the jurisdiction where either the death occurred or where the manufacturing, selling, or dispensing took place.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/06/2025 0377s 25-1017
09/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Distribution of a Controlled Drug with Death Resulting; Venue. Amend RSA 318-B:26 by inserting after paragraph IX-a the following new paragraph:
IX-b. A prosecution for an offense under paragraph IX of this section may be commenced in the jurisdiction where either the death occurred or the manufacturing, selling, or dispensing took place.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
25-1017
4/7/25
SB 58-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2025-0377s)
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Justice and Judicial Branch