HB 1400  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2696

08/10

HOUSE BILL 1400

AN ACT prohibiting law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.

SPONSORS: Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2696

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT prohibiting law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.

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

1  New Section; Probable Cause; Scent of Marijuana Prohibited.  Amend RSA 595-A by inserting after section 10 the following new section:

595-A:11  Probable Cause; Scent of Marijuana Prohibited.  An officer shall not use the scent of marijuana as probable cause to conduct a search or to request a search warrant.

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