Bill Text: NH SB202 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the elements of the crime of burglary.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-22 - Sen. Carson Moved Nonconcur with House Amendment 1708h; Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Senate Journal 14 [SB202 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB202-Introduced.html
SB 202 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
04/06
SENATE BILL 202
AN ACT relative to the elements of the crime of burglary.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 25
This bill amends the burglary statute to include cases where a person remains unlawfully in a building or occupied structure.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2596
04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to the elements of the crime of burglary.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unauthorized Entries; Burglary. Amend RSA 635:1, I to read as follows:
I. A person is guilty of burglary if he or she enters or remains unlawfully in a building or occupied structure, or separately secured or occupied section thereof, with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for burglary that the building or structure was abandoned.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
