HB143: relative to wiretapping to record conversations related to domestic violence.

HB 143 - AS INTRODUCED

2023 SESSION

23-0652

04/05

HOUSE BILL 143

AN ACT relative to wiretapping to record conversations related to domestic violence.

SPONSORS: Rep. Testerman, Merr. 3

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill allows a person to make an audio or video recording, or both, without the consent of the person being recorded for the purpose of obtaining evidence of domestic violence. Such recording shall be admissible as evidence.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0652

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to wiretapping to record conversations related to domestic violence.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Interception and Disclosure of Telecommunications Relating to Domestic Violence. Amend RSA 570-A:2, II by inserting after subparagraph (m) the following new subparagraph:

(n) A person, without the consent of the party being recorded, to make an audio or video recording, or both, for the purpose of obtaining evidence to document an act of domestic violence as defined under RSA 173-B. Notwithstanding RSA 570-A:6, any recording made pursuant to this subparagraph shall be admissible as evidence.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.