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HB160: relative to public display of chest.

Citation
2023 HB160
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
01/19/2023 at 10:45 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts

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HB 160 - AS INTRODUCED

2023 SESSION

23-0610

04/05

HOUSE BILL 160

AN ACT relative to public display of chest.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hynes, Hills. 2; Rep. Read, Rock. 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the public display of a person's chest or nipple shall not be a criminal violation and voids any municipal ordinance adopted that is contrary to this provision.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0610

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to public display of chest.

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

1 New Paragraph; Public Indecency and Lewdness. Amend RSA 645:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. It shall not constitute a violation of this section, nor shall it be an offense under any provision of this title, for any person to display their chest or nipple in public. Any municipal ordinance adopted that is contrary to this paragraph shall be void and without effect.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.