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HB1300: relative to probable cause supported by a sealed affidavit.

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HB 1300 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2179

04/01

HOUSE BILL 1300

AN ACT relative to probable cause supported by a sealed affidavit.


ANALYSIS

This bill amends the procedure for a probable cause hearing which is supported by a sealed affidavit.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2179

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to probable cause supported by a sealed affidavit.

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

1 Probable Cause. Amend RSA 592-B:7, III to read as follows:

III. If an arrest is supported by an affidavit that was filed under seal, and the affidavit remains under seal at the time of the request for a probable cause hearing, a hearing shall be scheduled unless the state agrees that the defendant may be provided with a copy of the affidavit. The court may issue an order prohibiting the defendant from dissemination of the affidavit until the seal is lifted.

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