Bill Text: NH SB361 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-11 - Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 04/11/2024 House Journal 11 [SB361 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB361-Enrolled.html
SB 361-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/07/2024 0975s
2024 SESSION
24-2841
09/10
SENATE BILL 361-FN
AN ACT relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 10; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill extends the paraprofessional pilot program by 5 years and extends it to all courts. It further changes the report due on the program from the supreme court by January 1, 2025 to an interim report, and requires a final report by January 1, 2029.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2024 0975s 24-2841
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Attorneys and Counselors; Legal Services by Paraprofessionals; Report; Supreme Court. Amend 2022, 194:3 to read as follows:
194:3 Report; Supreme Court. The supreme court shall provide [a] an interim report regarding the efficacy of the pilot program in this act to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority leader, and the senate minority leader no later than January 1, 2025. The supreme court shall also provide a final report regarding the efficacy of the pilot program in this act to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority leader, and the senate minority leader no later than January 1, 2029.
2 Attorneys and Counselors; Legal Services by Paraprofessionals; Prospective Repeal. Amend 2022, 194:4, I to read as follows:
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, [2025] 2030.
3 Repeal. RSA 311:2-a, II, relative to restricting paraprofessional representation to certain courts, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
24-2841
Amended 3/13/24
SB 361-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2024-0975s)
AN ACT relative to legal services by paraprofessionals.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
METHODOLOGY:
This bill extends the paraprofessional pilot program by 5 years and extends it to all courts. The Judicial Branch indicated this bill, as amended by the Senate, would have no fiscal impact on state, county or local revenues or expenditures.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch
