Bill Text: NH HB439 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the admissibility of proffered evidence in sexual assault cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 05/18/2017; Senate Journal 17 [HB439 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB439-Introduced.html
HB 439 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0072
04/09
HOUSE BILL 439
AN ACT applying the rape shield law to all state courts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the admission of evidence of prior consensual sexual activity between the victim of a crime and any person other than the defendant in any prosecution under the criminal code in any court in the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0072
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT applying the rape shield law to all state courts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Criminal Code; General Principles. Amend RSA 626 by inserting after section 8 the following new section:
626:9 Prior Consensual Sexual Activity. Prior consensual sexual activity between the victim of a crime and any person other than the defendant shall not be admitted into evidence in any prosecution under the criminal code, title LXII, in any court in this state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
