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HB580-FN: relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases.
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nce cases. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Retaliatory Defamation; Sexual and Domestic Violence. Amend RSA 507:15 by inserting after section 507:15-b the following new section: 507:15-c Retaliatory Defamation. I. A person accused by a victim of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or the commissio
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173-B
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· effective 2026-01-01
escribed in RSA 173-B:1, I(a)-(f), shall not file a defamation action against a victim reporting sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or abuse under RSA 173-B, including in cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named, except as permitted in paragraph II. II. Defamation claims, where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named by a victim reporting sexual misconduct,
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173-B:1
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· effective 2026-01-01
I. A person accused by a victim of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or the commission or attempted commission of one or more acts described in RSA 173-B:1, I(a)-(f), shall not file a defamation action against a victim reporting sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or abuse under RSA 173-B, including in cases where the alleged perpetrator is
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507:15
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· effective 2026-01-01
nce cases. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Retaliatory Defamation; Sexual and Domestic Violence. Amend RSA 507:15 by inserting after section 507:15-b the following new section: 507:15-c Retaliatory Defamation. I. A person accused by a victim of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or the commissio