Rep. Terry Roy

Maddy summaryHB 1087 allows private citizens in New Hampshire to make arrests for specific crimes they witness or have reasonable belief about, directly affecting anyone who might witness a crime. It permits arrests for felonies seen in person, misdemeanors involving a breach of peace seen in person, or felonies with probable cause, but prohibits entering homes for misdemeanor arrests and requires using only reasonable force. The bill mandates that arrestors immediately notify police, inform the person being arrested, and release them to law enforcement without delay. It grants legal immunity for good-faith arrests meeting these conditions, but not for gross negligence or reckless actions, while directing the Department of Safety to educate the public about the rules.

Maddy summaryHB 1830 requires all New Hampshire public schools to provide annual firearm safety education to students in grades K-12 as part of health, physical education, or civics classes. The training must be age-appropriate - focusing on avoidance and reporting for grades K-5, and expanding to safe handling, storage, and legal responsibilities for grades 6-12 - using dummy firearms or multimedia resources (no live weapons). Parents may opt their children out under existing procedures, and school districts must report compliance annually to the state. The bill mandates the Department of Education to develop the curriculum by 2027 but provides no state funding, relying instead on grants and external resources.

Maddy summaryHB 1289 makes it illegal to use small drones (unmanned aircraft systems) to secretly record people engaging in private activities - like at home, with family, or in other settings where they reasonably expect privacy - without permission. It creates a class A misdemeanor for capturing such images and a class B felony for sharing them publicly. Law enforcement can still use drones for investigations into suspected illegal activity, as specified in the bill. The law takes effect January 1, 2027, with no expected state or local costs.

Maddy summaryHB 1796 creates a regulated program allowing the therapeutic use of psilocybin in clinical settings to treat specific medical conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, substance use disorders, and end-of-life care. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a regulatory board and license qualified medical providers, cultivation facilities, and testing laboratories. It sets standards for administration sessions (including preparation, the session itself, and integration) and mandates reporting of adverse events. This program will make psilocybin treatment available to eligible patients under medical supervision in approved settings.

Maddy summarySB 553 increases penalties for drivers who willfully attempt to evade law enforcement by speeding, turning off headlights while moving, or abandoning their vehicle during a chase. Offenders will face a mandatory 5-day jail term (with no probation or deferred sentencing) and a driver's license suspension of at least six months. This law directly affects individuals who use these specific tactics to avoid police pursuit. The bill takes effect January 1, 2027.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as "Kitana's law," allows municipal governments, county attorneys, or county sheriffs to request an independent review of local police investigations. When such a request is made, the state's Office of the Solicitor General must direct the state police to conduct a separate investigation using all evidence available to the local authorities. The resulting report from the state police will be independent of the original local investigation. This law takes effect 60 days after it is passed.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates New Hampshire law to criminalize the creation and sharing of fake, computer-generated sexual images of people without their permission. It directly affects individuals who produce or distribute these synthetic images by defining them as illegal when they are made to look real and intended to harass, threaten, or coerce the person depicted. The law specifically covers images that show intimate body parts or sexual acts that never actually happened, expanding current protections against nonconsensual image sharing to include digital manipulation. Effective January 1, 2025, anyone who creates or shares such false visualizations faces criminal penalties under the state's existing statutes on private sexual images.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as "Bradley's Law," authorizes New Hampshire courts and the Department of Safety to report specific mental health records to the federal background check system when individuals are involuntarily committed or found not guilty by reason of insanity. The legislation mandates that law enforcement confiscate firearms owned by these individuals within 48 hours of a qualifying court order and allows them to petition the court for relief from this disability after a set waiting period. It explicitly excludes information about people seeking voluntary treatment or those hospitalized only for assessment, ensuring that only specific legal dispositions trigger firearm prohibitions. By creating a new process for reporting these records and establishing a timeline for challenging the loss of firearm rights, the bill aims to align state procedures with federal requirements while providing a path for individuals to regain those rights.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires defendants charged with serious crimes, including those punishable by life in prison or 15 years or more, to be present for every stage of their trial and sentencing. It allows judges to excuse a defendant's presence for good cause but also permits proceedings to continue without the defendant if they voluntarily absent themselves or act disruptively. The legislation mandates that law enforcement transport incarcerated defendants to court and authorizes the use of reasonable force if a defendant refuses to comply with a transport order. Additionally, it creates a new felony charge for knowingly failing to appear or refusing transport without a valid court excuse, with the new sentence running consecutively to any other prison term.