New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire SB413: relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.
Status: Signed into law, July 21, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action. Rep. Rice, Hills. 38 COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the chaptered text, May 8, 2026:
AN ACT relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action. Rep. Rice, Hills. 38 COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2263 12/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to the detention of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. (e) Detained at a facility certified …
Sponsors
- Victoria Sullivan (R, 18) · primary sponsor
- Kimberly Rice (R, 38)