HB 325-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 325-FN
AN ACT relative to certain acts of sexual assault.
SPONSORS: Rep. O'Keefe, Rock 21; Rep. Flora, Hills 15; Rep. Rodd, Merr 3; Rep. Knowles, Straf 11; Rep. Sargent, Hills 3
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill provides that an actor is guilty of class A misdemeanor sexual assault when he engages in sexual penetration with a person other than his legal spouse who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age where the age difference between the actor and the victim is 4 years or less, and there is no evidence of coercion, force, or intimidation on the actor's part.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0548
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to certain acts of sexual assault.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sexual Assault and Related Offenses; Sexual Assault. RSA 632-A:4 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
632-A:4 Sexual Assault
I. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When the actor subjects another person who is 13 years of age or older to sexual contact under any of the circumstances named in RSA 632-A:2.
(b) When the actor engages in sexual penetration with a person, other than his legal spouse, who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 4 years or less, and there is no evidence of coercion, force, or intimidation on the part of the actor.
II. A person found guilty under paragraph I(b) of this section shall not be required to register as a sexual offender under RSA 651-B.
2 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Exception Inserted. Amend RSA 651-B:1,III (a) to read as follows:
(a) RSA 632-A:2, 632-A:3, [632-A:4] 632-A:4, I(a), 645:1, II, or 645:1, III; or
3 Registration of Sexual Offenders; Duration of Registration; Exception Inserted. Amend RSA 651-B:6, II to read as follows:
II. Any sexual offender convicted of a violation or attempted violation of RSA [632-A:4] 632-A:4, I(a) or RSA 645:1, II, and any offender against children convicted of a violation or attempted violation of RSA 633:3, 645:2, I or 649-A:3, III, or of an equivalent offense in an out-of-state jurisdiction, shall be registered for a 10-year period from the date of release following conviction, provided that any such registration period shall not run concurrently with any registration period resulting from a subsequent conviction.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0548
1/23/01
HB 325-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to certain acts of sexual assault.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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