Bill Text: NH HB516 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the time period for refiling a petition for annulment of a criminal record.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/27/2017; Senate Journal 15 [HB516 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB516-Introduced.html

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HB 516 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0674

04/03

 

HOUSE BILL 516

 

AN ACT relative to the time period for refiling a petition for annulment of a criminal record.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. J. MacKay, Merr. 14; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Mangipudi, Hills. 35; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills. 30; Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20; Rep. Snow, Hills. 42; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the 3-year waiting period after a denial for the filing of a further petition for annulment and requires the court to include written findings stating the basis for the denial and specifying a time period after which the petitioner may file a further petition for annulment.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0674

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to the time period for refiling a petition for annulment of a criminal record.

 

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

 

1  Annulment of Criminal Records.  Amend RSA 651:5, IV to read as follows:

IV.  If a petition for annulment is denied, [no further petition shall be brought more frequently than every 3 years thereafter] the court shall include written findings stating the basis for the denial, and specifying a time period, which shall not be more than 12 months from the date of the denial, after which the petitioner may file a further petition for annulment.

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