Bill Text: NH HB1693 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extending the committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1693 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1693-Introduced.html

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HB 1693 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-3092

04/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1693

 

AN ACT extending the committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gordon, Graf. 9; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. Wuelper, Straf. 3; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill extends the reporting date of the committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law in the family division of the circuit court while under the supervision of a licensed attorney established in 2019, 83:5.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3092

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT extending the committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law.

 

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

 

1  Committee to Study Whether Non-attorney Legal Professionals Could be Licensed to Engage in the Limited Practice of Law.  Amend 2019, 83:5 to read as follows:

83:5  Report.  The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, [2019] 2020.

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