HB 443-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0559
04/11
HOUSE BILL 443-FN
AN ACT relative to an extended term of imprisonment for assaulting military personnel.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep. Hough, Belk. 3; Rep. O'Hara,
Belk. 9; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Trottier, Belk. 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides for an extended term of imprisonment for an assault conviction against a
member of the United States armed services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 443-FN - AS INTRODUCED
21-0559
04/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to an extended term of imprisonment for assaulting military personnel.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Extended Term of Imprisonment; Assault of Military Personnel. Amend RSA 651:6, I(g) to
2 read as follows:
3 (g) Has knowingly committed or attempted to commit any of the crimes defined in RSA
4 631 where he or she knows the victim was, at the time of the commission of the crime, a member of
5 the United States armed forces as defined in RSA 21:50, II, a law enforcement officer, a paid
6 firefighter, volunteer firefighter, on-call firefighter, or licensed emergency medical care provider as
7 defined in RSA 153-A:2, V acting in the line of duty;
8 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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21-0559
12/23/20
HB 443-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to an extended term of imprisonment for assaulting military personnel.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE: FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Appropriation $0 $0 $0 $0
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable
Expenditures $0
Increase Increase Increase
Funding Source: [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other
METHODOLOGY:
This bill provides for an extended term of imprisonment for an assault conviction against a
member of the United States armed services.
The Department of Corrections cannot predict the number of people that might commit this
crime. This makes the fiscal impact to the Department indeterminable. Any fiscal impact would
either be no change or an increase in expenditures. The Department has provided the following
average cost information.
Department of Corrections FY 2021 FY 2022
FY 2020 Average Cost of
$47,691 $47,691
Incarcerating an Individual
FY 2020 Annual Marginal Cost
of a General Population Inmate $6,407 $6,407
FY 2020 Average Cost of
Supervising an Individual on
Parole/Probation $584 $584
The Judicial Branch expects the fiscal impact of this bill will be below $10,000. The Branch
assumes, since the bill only addresses the length of the term of imprisonment, the number of
prosecutions will not change and the bill would not result in a significant change in its
expenditures. The bill would require the Branch to modify and update its Odyssey case
management system, to update its forms and notify judges and staff of the changes. The Branch
anticipates the additional costs could be managed within existing resources. The collective effort
to make these types of changes for all bills that are signed into law takes several months to
 implement and may not be possible within the 60 day effective date called for in this bill. If the
60 day effective date remains in place, additional resources, and expenditures, may be necessary
to implement the changes in the shorter time frame.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after July 1,2021.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Corrections and Judicial Branch


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 651:6
latest version: 651:6