HB 1539 New Hampshire House · 2024 Regular Session

relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses.

This bill allows people in New Hampshire to petition courts to erase arrest and conviction records for cannabis offenses, with automatic annulment for minor possession cases and a streamlined process for other related crimes once sentences are finished. It also enables individuals currently serving time for cannabis-related offenses to request re-sentencing to only the portion of their sentence they have already served, unless the prosecutor can prove the change would not be in the interests of justice. The legislation covers offenses involving cannabis or paraphernalia that would not have been crimes if marijuana were legal, and it waives all associated court fees for these petitions.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 11, 2023 Last action May 16, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 28, 2024

How they voted

277–79
Passed · 33 other
Total votes 389
Mar 28, 2024
D Democratic193
171 Yea 5 Nay 17
88% Yea
I Independent2
1 Yea 1
50% Yea
R Republican194
105 Yea 74 Nay 15
54% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 9, 2024
Committee
Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/16/2024, Vote 3-2; SC 19
upper
Apr 2, 2024
Introduced
Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8
upper
Mar 28, 2024
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (277-79-33)
house
Mar 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA RC 283-80 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 100
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/13/2024 (Vote 14-6; RC) HC 12 P. 21
lower
Dec 11, 2023
Introduced
Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 24
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors