CHAPTER 138
HB 332 – FINAL VERSION
05/05/05 1279s
2005 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 332
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill changes the elements for the crime of harassment by telephone.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/05/05 1279s
05-0209
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to harassment by telephone.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
138:1 Harassment by Telephone. Amend RSA 644:4, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no legitimate communicative purpose or without disclosing his or her identity and with a purpose to annoy, abuse, threaten, or alarm another; or
138:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.
(Approved: June 17, 2005)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2006)