HB 1474 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2562

08/10

HOUSE BILL 1474

AN ACT requiring the collection of data relative to firearm related deaths and injuries.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Rollo, Straf. 18; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. Burton, Straf. 6; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. C. Chase, Ches. 8

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the commissioner of the department of safety to make an annual report relative to firearm related deaths and injuries.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2562

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT requiring the collection of data relative to firearm related deaths and injuries.

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

1  New Paragraph; Annual Reports Regarding Incidents with Firearms.  Amend RSA 21-P:4 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

XVII.  Prepare and file a report on the number of firearm related deaths and injuries in New Hampshire and the number and type of convictions for firearms related crimes committed in New Hampshire to the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chair of the house committee hearing issues related to criminal justice, and the chair of the senate committee hearing issues related to criminal justice, no later than December 31 of each year.

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