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NH HB109

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dennis Mannion

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Upgrades the offense of making false reports to law enforcement from a general misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor under RSA 641:4

  • Covers knowingly providing false information to induce officers to believe another person committed an offense

  • Applies to false reports about offenses or dangers from explosives/dangerous substances that the person knows did not occur or exist

  • Takes effect 60 days after passage

  • Fiscal impact on state and county expenditures is indeterminable due to potential changes in prosecution and incarceration costs

Legislative Description

Relative to false reports to law enforcement.

Last Action

Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-3085s, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 01/07/2026; Senate Journal 1

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/24/2025
Criminal Justice and Public Safety12/26/2024

Full Bill Text

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