New Hampshire HB 473: criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.

Status: Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 189; eff.01/01/2026 HJ 18 (as of 2025-07-22)

State: New Hampshire · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 473

Sponsors: Jodi L Nelson, Alicia C Gregg, Bill Boyd, Charles E McMahon, Charles H Foote, Debra L DeSimone, Jay D Markell, John Sellers, Kimberly A Rice, Pat Long, Peter Petrigno, Regina Birdsell, Victoria Sullivan

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