Bill Text: NH HB1401 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1401 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1401-Amended.html
HB 1401 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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HOUSE BILL 1401
AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:
265:107-b Smoking Prohibited.
I. No person shall smoke tobacco products or e-cigarettes in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100, provided that a police officer may enforce the provisions of this section only as a secondary action when the police officer detains a driver of a motor vehicle for a suspected violation of another provision of Title XXI.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.