CHAPTER 179

HB 97-FN - FINAL VERSION

05/11/2023   1560s

2023 SESSION

23-0150

04/07

HOUSE BILL 97-FN

AN ACT establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill increases the penalty for certain offenses that constitute a violation of privacy.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/11/2023   1560s 23-0150

04/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy.

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

179:1  New Paragraph; Breaches of the Peace; Violation of Privacy.  Amend RSA 644:9 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  Any person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense under paragraphs I-III-a, based on a complaint which alleged that the person has had one or more prior convictions under paragraphs I-III-a, or under a reasonably equivalent offense in an out-of-state jurisdiction, shall be guilty of a class B felony.

179:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

Approved: August 04, 2023

Effective Date: January 01, 2024