HB 872-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 872-FN
AN ACT relative to an exception to the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute for recording images or sounds occurring where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
SPONSORS: Rep. Dumaine, Rock 3; Rep. Essex, Hills 1
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill allows an exception to the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute by allowing a person to make an audio or video recording of images or sounds occurring where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0176
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to an exception to the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute for recording images or sounds occurring where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Interception and Disclosure. Amend RSA 570-A:2 by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraph:
(l) A person to make an audio or video recording of images or sounds, or both, which occur in a place where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy, for any lawful purpose.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
LBAO
07-0176
Revised 03/22/07
HB 872 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to an exception to the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute for recording images or sounds occurring where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011.