Bill Text: NH HB1260 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 17 [HB1260 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1260-Introduced.html

HB 1260-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2264

09/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1260-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Z. Nutting, Ches. 11; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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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.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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:

 

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.

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

 

LBA

24-2264

10/20/23

 

HB 1260-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the criminal penalty for violations of privacy involving minors.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:         [ X ] State              [ X ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue Fund

None

Expenditures

Indeterminable

Funding Source

General Fund

Appropriations

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source

None

 

 

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

County Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

County Expenditures

Indeterminable

Local Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Local Expenditures

Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association

 

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