HB 478 - AS INTRODUCED
1999 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 478
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in all areas of prisons.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Herman, Hills 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill prohibits smoking in all prison facilities in the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
99-0708
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in all areas of prisons.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Exemption Deleted for State Prison Facilities. Amend RSA 155:67, VII to read as follows:
VII. Resident rooms in facilities such as nursing homes, sheltered care facilities, and residential treatment and rehabilitation facilities, and prisons and detention facilities other than state prison facilities, but such exempted facilities shall follow any appropriate procedures established under RSA 155:71, I.
2 New Section; Prohibition Against Smoking. Amend RSA 622 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:
622:14-a Prohibition Against Smoking. All state prison facilities shall prohibit smoking in all areas at all times.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.