HB 145  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2021 SESSION

21-0281

04/05

 

HOUSE BILL 145

 

AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes certain instances where using deadly force to defend oneself or another person is not legally justifiable.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0281

04/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Repeal.  RSA 627:4, III, relative to certain instances in which the use of deadly force in defense of oneself or another person is not legally justifiable, is repealed.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.