Bill Text: NH HB598 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-27 - Full Committee Work Session: 11/03/2021 10:00 am Lob 201-203 [HB598 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB598-Introduced.html
HB 598 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0582
04/10
HOUSE BILL 598
AN ACT relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.
SPONSORS: Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 36; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. R. Newman, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that an incarcerated person shall be eligible for parole upon the completion of 50 percent of the person's minimum sentence.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0582
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the portion of a minimum sentence to be served to be eligible for parole.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Sentences and Limitations; Eligibility for Parole. Amend RSA 651:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. Any person sentenced under this chapter may apply for parole upon the completion of 50 percent of such person's minimum sentence, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
