Bill Text: NH HB156 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 14Y-10N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 05/11/2023; Senate Journal 14 [HB156 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB156-Amended.html
HB 156 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Mar2023... 0682h
2023 SESSION
23-0533
04/08
HOUSE BILL 156
AN ACT relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
SPONSORS: Rep. Meuse, Rock. 37; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 10; Rep. Hamblet, Rock. 26; Rep. Vogt, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds intentional misrepresentation to the definition of misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2023... 0682h 23-0533
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Reports of Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officers. Amend RSA 105:19, I to read as follows:
I. For the purposes of this section, "misconduct" means assault, sexual assault, bribery, fraud, theft, tampering with evidence, tampering with a witness, intentional misrepresentation of a material fact in a police report as described in RSA 641:3, use of a chokehold, or excessive and illegal use of force as defined by the New Hampshire criminal code.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.