Bill > HB59

This bill amends existing laws to establish new felony-level offenses for assaults against certain public servants. Specifically, it creates a first-degree assault charge for knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, a paid, volunteer, or on-call firefighter, or a licensed emergency medical care provider (as defined by RSA 153-A:2, V) while they are acting in the line of duty. It also makes it a first-degree assault to harm a law enforcement officer, regardless of whether they are on duty, if the intent was to harm them because of their current or past employment as an officer. A similar provision is added for second-degree assault, which involves knowingly causing bodily injury under the same circumstances. The bill also modifies an existing law concerning extended terms of imprisonment, excluding these new assault provisions from the general rule for extended sentences unless the victim was a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical care provider acting in the line of duty.

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