Bill Text: NH HB230 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Lay on Table (Rep. Steven Smith): Motion Adopted DV 178-142 03/14/2019 House Journal 9 P. 42 [HB230 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB230-Introduced.html
HB 230 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0410
01/06
HOUSE BILL 230
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits smoking 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0410
01/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT prohibiting smoking 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 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.