Bill Text: NH HB143 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Hampshire House Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-31 - Rereferred to Committee, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/31/2017; Senate Journal 18 [HB143 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB143-Introduced.html

HB 143 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0134

04/09

HOUSE BILL 143

AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sytek, Rock. 8

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill removes certain criteria under which the parole board may impose a term of recommittal upon a parolee.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0134

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Parole of Prisoners; Effect of Recommittal. Amend RSA 651-A:19, VII to read as follows:

VII. At the revocation hearing, the parole board may impose a term of recommittal for less than 90 days if[:

(a) The prisoner has not been previously found true for a parole violation on his or her current sentence or another sentence for which he or she was concurrently serving a term of parole;

(b) The prisoner was not on parole for a sexual offense as defined in RSA 651-B:1, V or an offense against a child as defined in RSA 651-B:1, VII;

(d) The parole violation is not substantially related to his or her offense or offending pattern; and

(e)] The parole board determines that a lesser period of recommittal will aid in the rehabilitation of the parolee.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.