Bill Text: NH HB585 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to screening law enforcement officer candidates for steroids and requiring law enforcement officers to be screened for steroids in complaints involving the use of excessive force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2023 House Journal 8 P. 4 [HB585 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB585-Introduced.html
HB 585-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0479
04/05
HOUSE BILL 585-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the employing agency to screen each candidate for a law enforcement position for the presence of testosterone boosting steroids. The bill also requires screening a law enforcement officer for steroids in complaints involving use of excessive force.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0479
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Drug Screening for Use of Excessive Force Complaints. Amend RSA 105 by inserting after section 19 the following new subdivision:
Drug Screening for Use of Excessive Force Complaints
105:20 Drug Screening for Use of Force Complaints. As part of the agency's complaint review process, a law enforcement agency shall perform a drug screening for anabolic steroids and other testosterone-boosting steroids any on any officer who is the subject of a use of excessive force complaint.
2 Police Standards and Training Council; Education and Training Required. Amend RSA 106-L:6, IV to read as follows:
IV. The council shall require that all uncertified part-time and full-time police officers, state corrections officers, and probation-parole officers, prior to assuming their duties, successfully pass a medical examination including a drug screening administered under the direction of a licensed physician according to protocols adopted by the council. The drug screening shall include screening for anabolic and testosterone-boosting steroids, provided that any such officer who demonstrates a medically-approved and prescribed use for an anabolic or testosterone-boosting substance shall be exempt from this screening requirement. The council shall forward the results of the drug screening to the officer's employing agency. The employing agency shall rescind the employment offer for any officer who fails the drug screening and does not have a medically-approved exception. Such examination, when conducted, shall be valid for a period of one year for purposes of application for employment.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0479
1/9/23
HB 585-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Police Standards and Training Council. The Council was contacted on 12/19/22. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Police Standards and Training Council
