SB 413 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2263
12/09
SENATE BILL 413
SPONSORS: Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the facility in which alleged delinquent minors may be held in detention pending an adjudicatory hearing, permitting alleged delinquent minors to be housed in a county corrections facility once reaching age 18.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2263
12/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Delinquent Children; Release or Detention Pending Adjudicatory Hearing. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 169-B:14, I(e) to read as follows:
(e) Detained at a facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services for detention of minors if under age 18, or at a county corrections facility once reaching age 18 or older, pursuant to the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 15, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote | |
| March 24, 2026 | House | Hearing |
March 17, 2026: Public Hearing: 03/24/2026 10:30 am GP 230
Feb. 26, 2026: Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 5
Jan. 29, 2026: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
Jan. 16, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 3
Dec. 30, 2025: Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:10 am; SC 48
Nov. 21, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 1