relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases.

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Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Dec 19, 2024
Last action: Feb 5, 2026 — Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
Session: 2026
Momentum: 60 · High

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

30.4% Uncertain

Why this number

Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 50%, measured from NH's completed sessions
Momentum +2 60/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 247 days quiet

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