New Hampshire SB 413: relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

Bill Text

SB 413 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2026 SESSION

 26-2263

 12/09

SENATE BILL 413

AN ACT relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

 This bill modifies the facility in which alleged delinquent minors may be held in detention pending an adjudicatory hearing, permitting alleged delinquent minors to be housed in a county corrections facility once reaching age 18.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2263

 12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Delinquent Children; Release or Detention Pending Adjudicatory Hearing. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 169-B:14, I(e) to read as follows:

 (e) Detained at a facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services for detention of minors if under age 18, or at a county corrections facility once reaching age 18 or older, pursuant to the following:

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.