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HB562: exempting victims of trafficking in persons from participating in children in need of services proceedings.

Citation
2022 HB562
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Children and Family Law
Hearing
02/12/2025 at 01:15 PM
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Children and Family Law

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HB 562 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0774

04/08

HOUSE BILL 562

AN ACT exempting victims of trafficking in persons from participating in children in need of services proceedings.

SPONSORS: Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. T. Smith, Hills. 17; Rep. Egan, Graf. 2; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts victims of human trafficking from involvement in children in need of services proceedings where the conduct in question was committed as a direct result of being trafficked.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0774

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT exempting victims of trafficking in persons from participating in children in need of services proceedings.

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

1 Interference With Freedom; Trafficking in Persons. Amend RSA 633:7, VI(a) to read as follows:

VI.(a) A victim under this section who was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense shall not be subject to children in need of services proceedings under RSA 169-D, juvenile delinquency [proceeding] proceedings under RSA 169-B, or prosecuted for conduct chargeable as indecent exposure and lewdness under RSA 645:1, prostitution under RSA 645:2, or any other misdemeanor or class B felony, where the conduct was committed as a direct result of being trafficked, provided that the conduct chargeable did not involve an act of violence as defined in RSA 625:9, VII.

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