CHAPTER 191
SB 128-FN – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
04/01
SENATE BILL 128-FN
AN ACT establishing an enhanced penalty for injuring another as a result of resisting arrest.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. Downing, Dist 22
This bill provides that a person is guilty of a class B felony if the act of resisting arrest or detention causes serious bodily injury to another person.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0261
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT establishing an enhanced penalty for injuring another as a result of resisting arrest.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
191:1 Resisting Arrest or Detention. Amend RSA 642:2 to read as follows:
642:2 Resisting Arrest or Detention. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when the person knowingly or purposely physically interferes with a person recognized to be a law enforcement official, including a probation or parole officer, seeking to effect an arrest or detention of the person or another regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the act of resisting arrest or detention causes serious bodily injury, as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, to another person. Verbal protestations alone shall not constitute resisting arrest or detention.
191:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: January 1, 2008