This bill requires courts to determine if a nonviolent offender is a primary caregiver to a dependent before sentencing. If the offender is a primary caregiver, the court may impose an individually assessed sentence without imprisonment. The individually assessed sentence may include conditions such as drug and alcohol treatment, anger management counseling, vocational and educational services, job training and placement, affordable and safe housing assistance, financial literacy, parenting classes, family case management services, or restorative or transformative justice programming. The court may modify the conditions of the sentence, decrease the duration of the sentence based on the person's progress, impose sanctions for noncompliance, or impose confinement for continued noncompliance. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2025.

The fiscal impact of this bill is indeterminable. The Judicial Branch anticipates additional expenditures for training judges to ensure consistent application of the statute. The Department of Corrections and the New Hampshire Association of Counties note that there may be an impact on correctional costs if there is an increase in the incarcerated population.