HB 1343 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2454

04/09

HOUSE BILL 1343

AN ACT prohibiting the retroactive application of the sex offender registry.

SPONSORS: Rep. C. Chase, Ches. 8; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Robertson, Ches. 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the retroactive application of the sex offender registry.  

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2454

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT prohibiting the retroactive application of the sex offender registry.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  New Section; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Retroactive Application Prohibited.  Amend RSA 651-B by inserting after section 12 the following new section:

651-B:13  Retroactive Application Prohibited.  A sexual offender or offender against children who is required to register pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the registration laws in effect at the time of the offense requiring registration.   

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.