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HB1001 • 2026

allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bob Lynn (R)
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

What This Bill Does

  • allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 20

  2. 2026-02-26 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 17

  3. 2026-02-05 H

    Executive Session: 02/13/2026 10:00 am GP 158

  4. 2026-01-29 H

    Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 11:30 am GP 230

  5. 2025-11-07 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 2

Official Summary Text

allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1001 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2278
09/06

HOUSE BILL
1001

AN ACT
allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows for the appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

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26-2278
09/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
allowing for appointment by county attorneys of investigators with law enforcement powers.

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

1 New Section; County Attorneys; Appointment of Investigators. Amend RSA 7 by inserting after section 33-g the following new section:
7:33-h Appointment of Investigators with Law Enforcement Authority.
I. Subject to available county appropriations, and with the approval of the county commissioners, a county attorney may appoint investigators within the county attorney's office to which he or she is elected, each of whom shall have statewide law enforcement authority and shall be a peace officer as defined by RSA 594:1, III. Any person appointed to such a position shall be certified or eligible for certification as a police officer pursuant to RSA 106-L:5, V. An investigator appointed under this paragraph shall be removed if he or she fails to achieve certification or if he or she is decertified by the police standards and training council.

II. Each appointee under paragraph I shall report to the county attorney. Operational control over such investigators shall rest solely with the county attorney.
III. Nothing in this section shall preclude county attorneys from appointing investigators who are not certified law enforcement officers and do not have the powers and authority of a law enforcement officer.

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