HB 312 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 312
AN ACT permitting a person to record a law enforcement officer in the course of such officer’s official duties.
SPONSORS: Rep. Winters, Hills 17; Rep. Nord, Rock 1; Rep. Mann, Rock 1; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Coffey, Merr 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill allows a person to make a recording of a law enforcement officer in the course of such officer’s official duties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0482
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT permitting a person to record a law enforcement officer in the course of such officer’s official duties.
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, II by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraph:
(m) Any person to make an audio recording, video recording, or both, of a law enforcement officer in the course of such officer’s official duties, provided that the person making the recording shall first give notification of the recording to the officer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.