HB 1130-FN - AS INTRODUCED
 
 
2020 SESSION
20-2110
04/01
 
HOUSE BILL 1130-FN
 
AN ACT relative to assault against an elderly person.
 
SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6
 
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
 
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ANALYSIS
 
This bill adds first and second degree assault offenses against a person 60 years of age or older.
 
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2110
04/01
 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
 
AN ACT relative to assault against an elderly person.
 
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
 
1  First Degree Assault.  Amend RSA 631:1, I to read as follows:
I.  A person is guilty of a class A felony if he or she:
(a)  Purposely causes serious bodily injury to another; or
(b)  Purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury to another by means of a deadly weapon, except that if the deadly weapon is a firearm, he or she shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g; or
(c)  Purposely or knowingly causes injury to another resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth; or
(d)  Knowingly or recklessly causes serious bodily injury to a person under 13 years of age; or
(e)  Purposely or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to a person 60 years of age or older.
2  Second Degree Assault.  Amend RSA 631:2, I(f) to read as follows:
(f)  Purposely or knowingly engages in the strangulation of another; or
(g)  Recklessly or negligently causes serious bodily injury to a person 60 years of age or older.
3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
 
20-2110
10/14/19
 
HB 1130-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
 
AN ACT relative to assault against an elderly person.
 
FISCAL IMPACT:          [ X ] State                          [ X ] County                            [      ] Local                          [      ] None
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   Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: |   [ X ] General                      [      ] Education                      [      ] Highway                    [      ] Other | |||
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COUNTY: |   |   |   |   |
   Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
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