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HB1157: relative to liability of New Hampshire news media for failure to update stories on criminal proceedings.
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- Flanagan House ยท Hills 26
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HB 1157 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2192
06/04
HOUSE BILL 1157
AN ACT relative to liability of New Hampshire news media for failure to update stories on criminal proceedings.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires a news media to update, retract, or correct an Internet published article about a criminal proceeding following an acquittal, dismissal, or finding of not guilty.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2192
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to liability of New Hampshire news media for failure to update stories on criminal proceedings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Liability of News Media. Amend RSA 507 by inserting after section 8-i the following new section:
507:8-j Liability of News Media. The failure of a New Hampshire news media organization to update, retract, or correct an Internet published story concerning a criminal proceeding against a named person, immediately following written notification of the media organization by the injured person of a subsequent finding of not guilty, acquittal, or dismissal of the charges against such person in a criminal proceeding, shall result in the liability of the New Hampshire news media organization for any damages incurred by the person caused by such failure.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.