CHAPTER 51

HB 1000 - FINAL VERSION

2022 SESSION

22-2067

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1000

AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle profiling.

SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits law enforcement agencies from engaging in motorcycle profiling.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2067

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle profiling.

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

51:1  New Section; Motor Vehicles; Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws; Motorcycle Profiling Prohibited.  Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 1-b the following new section:

265:1-c  Motorcycle Profiling Prohibited.  No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency shall engage in motorcycle profiling.  In this section, "motorcycle profiling" shall mean use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a basis for deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle under the United States Constitution or the New Hampshire constitution.

51:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2022

Effective Date: July 19, 2022