Bill Text - HB110 (2009)

Relative to annulments for certain sexual assault convictions.


Revision: Jan. 12, 2009, midnight

HB 110 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

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04/05

HOUSE BILL 110

AN ACT relative to annulments for certain sexual assault convictions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Jennifer Brown, Straf 5; Rep. Robertson, Ches 3

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the waiting period for petitioning for an annulment of a sexual assault offense committed by a person who was 21 years of age or under at the time of the offense shall be 3 years.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0492

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to annulments for certain sexual assault convictions.

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

1 Annulment of Criminal Records; Sexual Assault by a Person 21 Years of Age or Under. Amend RSA 651:5, III(f) to read as follows:

(f) For sexual assault under RSA 632-A:4, 10 years, except that for sexual assault under 632-A:4 where the perpetrator was 21 years of age or under at the time of the offense, 3 years.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.