SB 421-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2985

09/05

 

SENATE BILL 421-FN

 

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill elevates the use of an item that reasonably appears to a victim to be a deadly weapon in certain criminal threatening situations 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2985

09/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.

 

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

 

1  Criminal Code; Assault and Related Offenses; Criminal Threatening.  Amend RSA 631:4, II(a)(2) to read as follows:

(2) Uses a deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V, or uses an item that reasonably appears to the victim to be a deadly weapon, in the violation of the provisions of subparagraph I(a), I(b), I(c), or I(d).

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.

 

LBA

24-2985

11/7/23

 

SB 421-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to felony criminal threatening.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:         [ X ] State              [ X ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue Fund

None

Expenditures

Indeterminable

Funding Source

General Fund

Appropriations

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source

None

 

 

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

County Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

County Expenditures

Indeterminable

Local Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Local Expenditures

Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association