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SB76: (New Title) relative to reporting of medico-legal deaths.
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- Jeb Bradley Senate ยท Dist 3
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CHAPTER 158
SB 76-FN - FINAL VERSION
02/09/2023 0419s
4May2023... 1432h
2023 SESSION
23-0974
04/07
SENATE BILL 76-FN
AN ACT relative to reporting of medico-legal deaths.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a criminal penalty for the failure to report certain deaths and discovery of bodies.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/09/2023 0419s
4May2023... 1432h 23-0974
04/07
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to reporting of medico-legal deaths.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
158:1 Short Title. This act shall be known as "Marilyn's law".
158:2 Criminal Code; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Abuse of Corpse. RSA 644:7 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
644:7 Abuse of Corpse. For the purposes of this section, "corpse" includes any part of a human body in any stage of decomposition. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly fails to report the death of an individual or the finding of a corpse to a local law enforcement agency, or unlawfully removes, conceals, or destroys a corpse.
158:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.
Approved: July 28, 2023
Effective Date: January 01, 2024