HB1353: relative to the notice required of a law enforcement officer prior to making an audio recording of a routine stop.

CHAPTER 169

HB 1353 - FINAL VERSION

9Mar2016... 0415h

05/05/2016 1768s

2016 SESSION

16-2497

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1353

AN ACT relative to the notice required of a law enforcement officer prior to making an audio recording of a routine stop.

SPONSORS: Rep. Byron, Hills. 20

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires a law enforcement officer making a routine stop to notify an individual that he or she is being recorded unless such notice is not reasonable or practicable.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Mar2016... 0415h 16-2497

05/05/2016 1768s 08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to the notice required of a law enforcement officer prior to making an audio recording of a routine stop.

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

169:1 Notice of Recording; Law Enforcement. Amend RSA 570-A:2, II(j) to read as follows:

(j) A uniformed law enforcement officer to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties on any way as defined by RSA 259:125, provided that the officer shall first give notification of such recording to the party to the communication unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.

169:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: June 3, 2016