Bill Text: NH SB297 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Extending the deadline for arraignments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-27 - Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2019; Chapter 0142; Effective 01/01/2020 [SB297 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB297-Enrolled.html
SB 297-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/07/2019 0612s
2019 SESSION
19-0965
04/01
SENATE BILL 297-FN
AN ACT extending the deadline for arraignments.
SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill extends the deadline within which arraignments must occur.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2019 0612s 19-0965
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT extending the deadline for arraignments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Release or Detention; Place and Time of Detention. Amend RSA 594:20-a, I to read as follows:
I. When a person is arrested with or without a warrant he or she may be committed to a county correctional facility, to a police station or other place provided for the detention of offenders, or otherwise detained in custody[; provided, however, that he or she]. The person shall be taken to appear before a circuit court, or a superior court in the case of felony complaints and misdemeanors and violation level charges that are directly related to those felonies, without unreasonable delay, [but not exceeding 24 hours,] to answer for the offense. All persons shall appear no later than 24 hours after arrest, or no later than 36 hours after arrest if arrested between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and the person's attorney is unable to attend an arraignment on the same day, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted[, to answer for the offense].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
19-0965
Amended 3/15/19
SB 297-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2019-0612s)
AN ACT extending the deadline for arraignments.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease |
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill extends the deadline within which arraignments must occur. The Judicial Council indicates this bill, as amended, would have no impact on indigent defense expenditures.
The New Hampshire Association of Counties assumes extending the amount of time a prisoner could be held awaiting their court appearance would increase county expenditures for incarceration.
There would be no significant impact to the Judicial Branch as the bill would not change the number of cases or the charges in those cases.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Council, Judicial Branch and New Hampshire Association of Counties
