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HB1260: relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.
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- Jennifer M Rhodes House · Ches 17
- Nancy A Murphy House · Hills 12
- Bill Boyd House · Hills 12
- Zachary Nutting House · Ches 11
- Daryl Abbas Senate · Dist 22
- Donovan Fenton Senate · Dist 10
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CHAPTER 71
HB 1260-FN - FINAL VERSION
22Feb2024... 0419h
2024 SESSION
24-2264
09/05
HOUSE BILL 1260-FN
AN ACT relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill makes it a class B felony to violate the privacy of a minor when the actor knows or reasonably should know that a child under the age of 18 is the one entitled to privacy. Subsequent violations are a class A felony.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2024... 0419h 24-2264
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
71:1 New Paragraph; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Violation of Privacy. Amend RSA 644:9 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. If a person violates paragraphs I, III-a, or IV in any location in which a reasonable person knows or should know the person entitled to privacy therein is a child under the age of 18, that person shall be guilty of a class B felony. Any person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this paragraph, based on a complaint which alleged that the person has had one or more prior convictions under this paragraph, or under a reasonably equivalent offense in an out-of-state jurisdiction, shall be guilty of a class A felony.
71:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
Approved: June 14, 2024
Effective Date: July 14, 2024