Bill Text: NH HB145 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to physical force in defense of a person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-24 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/24/2021 House Journal 3 P. 5 [HB145 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB145-Introduced.html
HB 145 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0281
04/05
HOUSE BILL 145
AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes certain instances where using deadly force to defend oneself or another person is not legally justifiable.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0281
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to physical force in defense of a person.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 627:4, III, relative to certain instances in which the use of deadly force in defense of oneself or another person is not legally justifiable, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
