Bill Text: NH SB338 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the right of crime victims to make statements to the parole board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-24 - Pending Motion Committee Amendment #2016-1032s; 03/24/2016; Senate Journal 10 [SB338 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB338-Introduced.html
SB 338 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2774
09/06
SENATE BILL 338
AN ACT relative to the right of crime victims to make statements to the parole board.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill grants crime victims the right to make confidential verbal and written statements for consideration by the parole board on a defendant's release.
This bill was requested by the department of corrections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2774
09/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the right of crime victims to make statements to the parole board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rights of Crime Victims. Amend RSA 21-M:8-k, II(t) to read as follows:
(t) The right to confidentially address or submit a written statement for consideration by the parole board on the defendant's release and to be notified of the decision of the board, when requested by the victim through the victim advocate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
