Bill Text: NH HB1153 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-05 - Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/05/2016; Senate Journal 16 [HB1153 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1153-Introduced.html
HB 1153 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2344
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1153
AN ACT prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. B. French, Merr. 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits any political subdivision of the state from adopting an ordinance or bylaw that restricts the residence of a sexual offender or an offender against children.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2344
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Residency Restrictions Prohibited. Amend RSA 651-B by inserting after section 12 the following new section:
651-B:13 Residency Restrictions Prohibited. No political subdivision of the state shall adopt an ordinance or bylaw that restricts in any way the residence of a sexual offender or an offender against children. Any such ordinance or bylaw adopted by a political subdivision of the state prior to the effective date of this section shall be unenforceable upon the effective date of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
