Bill Text: NH SB361 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Banning the sale and possession of synthetic urine and urine additives.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-4)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-20 - Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2016; Chapter 0240; Effective 01/01/2017 [SB361 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB361-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 240
SB 361 - FINAL VERSION
11May2016... 1382h
2016 SESSION
16-2742
05/10
SENATE BILL 361
AN ACT banning the sale and possession of synthetic urine and urine additives.
SPONSORS: Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Gallagher, Belk. 4; Rep. Spanos, Belk. 3; Rep. D. Brown, Graf. 16; Rep. Vadney, Belk. 2
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the manufacture, sale, and possession of synthetic urine or urine additives to defeat a drug or alcohol screening test.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11May2016... 1382h 16-2742
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT banning the sale and possession of synthetic urine and urine additives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
240:1 New Subdivision; Sale of Synthetic Drugs; Synthetic Urine and Urine Additives. Amend RSA 359-O by inserting after section 7 the following new subdivision:
Synthetic Urine and Urine Additives
359-O:8 Sale or Possession of Synthetic Urine and Urine Additives Prohibited.
I. No person or business shall:
(a) Manufacture, sell, distribute, market, or possess synthetic urine or urine additives.
(b) Attempt to defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by using synthetic urine or urine additives.
II. In this section, "drug or alcohol screening test" means an analysis of a sample of bodily fluid collected from a person for the purpose of detecting the presence of alcohol or drugs in the bodily fluid of the person.
III. Any person or business who violates this subdivision shall be subject to the penalty in RSA 359-O:5, I.
240:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
Approved: June 10, 2016
Effective Date: January 1, 2017
