Bill Text: NH SB145 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Pending Motion Rerefer to Committee; 02/23/2017; Senate Journal 7 [SB145 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB145-Introduced.html
SB 145 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0395
03/01
SENATE BILL 145
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16; Rep. Kotowski, Merr. 24; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. J. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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This bill prohibits smoking in a motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0395
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:
265:107-b Smoking Prohibited.
I. No person shall smoke tobacco products in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.
III. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.