HB 555 - AS INTRODUCED
1999 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 555
AN ACT relative to representation of a child during child interviews.
SPONSORS: Rep. Mirski, Graf 12
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill prevents an interview of a child suspected of committing certain types of harmful acts on another child unless the alleged child perpetrator's parent, guardian, or attorney is present.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
99-0663
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
AN ACT relative to representation of a child during child interviews.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Interviews of Alleged Child Perpetrators; Presence of Parent, Guardian or Attorney Required. Amend RSA 169-C:38 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. Whenever a child is alleged to have committed an act enumerated in RSA 169-C:38, IV(a)-(e) on another child, no interview by any school, state agency, or law enforcement official shall take place unless the parent or parents, guardian, or attorney of the alleged perpetrator is present.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.