CHAPTER 168
SB 511-FN – FINAL VERSION
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2004 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 511-FN
AN ACT relative to the penalties for rioting.
SPONSORS: Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Johnson, Dist 2; Sen. Eaton, Dist 10; Rep. M. Smith, Straf 72; Rep. Knowles, Straf 69; Rep. Naro, Graf 15, Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 24
This bill adds the act of throwing or propelling any object or substance at a uniformed law enforcement officer or emergency responder as a class B felony under the riot statute.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/05/04 0203s
15Apr2004… 0694h
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04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to the penalties for rioting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
168:1 Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Riot. Amend RSA 644:1, IV to read as follows:
IV. Riot is a class B felony if, in the course of and as a result of the conduct, any person suffers physical injury, or substantial property damage or arson occurs, or the defendant was armed with a deadly weapon, or knowingly throws or causes to propel any object or substance of any kind at any uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed emergency responder, regardless of whether such object actually strikes the uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed emergency responder, except that if the deadly weapon was a firearm, he or she shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g. Otherwise, it is a misdemeanor.
168:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.
(Approved: May 24, 2004)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2005)