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HB1153: prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.

Citation
2016 HB1153
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Bill details

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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Laid on Table
Committee
SENATE Judiciary
Hearing
04/26/2016 at 09:45 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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HB 1153 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2344

04/03

HOUSE BILL 1153

AN ACT prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.

SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. B. French, Merr. 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits any political subdivision of the state from adopting an ordinance or bylaw that restricts the residence of a sexual offender or an offender against children.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2344

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.

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

1 New Section; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Residency Restrictions Prohibited. Amend RSA 651-B by inserting after section 12 the following new section:

651-B:13 Residency Restrictions Prohibited. No political subdivision of the state shall adopt an ordinance or bylaw that restricts in any way the residence of a sexual offender or an offender against children. Any such ordinance or bylaw adopted by a political subdivision of the state prior to the effective date of this section shall be unenforceable upon the effective date of this section.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.