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HB278: repealing criminal defamation.

Citation
2017 HB278
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
01/11/2017 at 10:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

Official links

HB 278 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0722

04/08

HOUSE BILL 278

AN ACT repealing criminal defamation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hull, Graf. 9

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the crime of criminal defamation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0722

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT repealing criminal defamation.

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

1 Repeal. RSA 644:11, relative to criminal defamation, is repealed.

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