SB413 • 2026

relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

Children

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Victoria Sullivan (R), Kimberly Rice (R)
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

What This Bill Does

relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

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Bill History

2026-05-12 S
Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 58; Effective 07/07/2026
2026-04-28 S
Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11
2026-04-09 H
Ought to Pass : MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 11
2026-04-01 H
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/24/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC)
2026-03-25 H
Executive Session: 03/24/2026 10:00 am GP 230
2026-03-17 H
Public Hearing: 03/24/2026 10:30 am GP 230
2026-02-26 H
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 5 P. 124
2026-01-29 S
Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
2026-01-16 S
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 3
2025-12-30 S
Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:10 am; SC 48
2025-11-21 S
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 1

Official Summary Text

relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 58
SB 413 - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2263
12/09

SENATE BILL
413

AN ACT
relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the facility in which alleged delinquent minors may be held in detention pending an adjudicatory hearing, permitting alleged delinquent minors to be housed in a county corrections facility once reaching age 18.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2263
12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT

relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.

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

58:1 Delinquent Children; Release or Detention Pending Adjudicatory Hearing. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 169-B:14, I(e) to read as follows:
(e) Detained at a facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services for detention of minors
if under age 18, or at a county corrections facility once reaching age 18 or older,
pursuant to the following:

58:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 08, 2026
Effective Date: July 07, 2026