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HB215: relative to expungement of records contained in the DNA database.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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CHAPTER 101

HB 215 - FINAL VERSION

05/08/03 1357s

2003 SESSION

03-0593

04/01

HOUSE BILL 215

AN ACT relative to expungement of records contained in the DNA database.

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that records contained in the DNA database shall be expunged pursuant to statute provided the offender has no other criminal convictions which would require inclusion in the DNA database.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/08/03 1357s

03-0593

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to expungement of records contained in the DNA database.

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

101:1 DNA Testing of Criminal Offenders; DNA Database Records. Amend RSA 651-C:5, I to read as follows:

I. A person whose DNA record has been included in the database pursuant to this chapter may request expungement on the grounds that the criminal conviction on which the authority for including such person's DNA record was based has been reversed [and] or the case dismissed, provided that such person requesting expungement has no other criminal convictions which would require inclusion of his or her record in the database. The department shall purge all records and identifiable information in the database pertaining to the person and destroy all samples from the person upon receipt of a written request for expungement pursuant to this section and a certified copy of the court order reversing and dismissing the conviction.

101:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

(Approved: June 6, 2003)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2004)