Carson, Feltes pleased by passage of bill restoring rights to Granite Staters

Senator Dan Feltes (D-Concord) and Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry), co-sponsors of SB 200, a bill to protect the constitutional right of Granite Staters to avoid imprisonment for failure to pay a debt issued the following statement:

“We are pleased with the Senate’s passage of SB 200 which makes reforms addressing our debtors prison problem, providing important safeguards and also counsel which ensures that no Granite Stater is thrown in jail simply for an inability to pay a debt.”