Bill Text: NH HB1240 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the grounds for sexual assault and related offenses, establishing a special marriage officiant license, modifying requirements for renewal of pharmacy licenses, and relative to occupational licensure and the office of professional licensure and certification.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-07-22 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/20/2020; Chapter 25; I. Sec. 1/2 & 5 Eff: 01/01/2021 II. Sec. 6 & 11 Eff: 09/18/2020 III. Sec. 3/4/12 & 13 Eff: as prov. in Sec. 14 IV. Rem. Eff: 7/20/2020 [HB1240 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1240-Introduced.html
HB 1240 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2513
05/06
HOUSE BILL 1240
AN ACT prohibiting teachers from having sexual contact with a student.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6; Rep. Migliore, Graf. 9; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Marzullo, Hills. 2; Rep. B. Griffin, Hills. 6; Rep. Klein-Knight, Hills. 11
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a teacher, school employee, or administrator who engages in sexual activity with a student between 13 and 18 years of age shall be guilty of felonious sexual assault or aggravated felonious sexual assault.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2513
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT prohibiting teachers from having sexual contact with a student.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault. Amend RSA 632-A:2, I by inserting after subparagraph (n) the following new subparagraph:
(o) When the actor is a teacher, school employee, or administrator, and the victim is a student over the age of 13 years and under the age of 18 years.
2 New Paragraph; Felonious Sexual Assault. Amend RSA 632-A:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. Is a teacher, school employee, or administrator and engages in sexual contact, as defined in subparagraph IV(c), with a student over the age of 13 years and under the age of 18 years.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
