HB1642 (2010) Detail

Relative to the registration of criminal offenders.


CHAPTER 78

HB 1642-FN – FINAL VERSION

2010 SESSION

10-2515

04/03

HOUSE BILL 1642-FN

AN ACT relative to the registration of criminal offenders.

SPONSORS: Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill makes various changes to RSA 651-B governing the registration of criminal offenders.

This bill was requested by the department of justice.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2515

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the registration of criminal offenders.

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

78:1 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 651-B:1, V to read as follows:

V. “Sexual offense” means the following offenses, including an accomplice to, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit, any of the following offenses, where the victim was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense:

78:2 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, V(c) to read as follows:

(c) Any offense for which the offender is required to register pursuant to the law in the [state] jurisdiction where the conviction occurred.

78:3 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 651-B:1, VII to read as follows:

VII. “Offense against a child” means the following offenses, including an accomplice to, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit, any of the following offenses:

78:4 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, VII(d) to read as follows:

(d) Any offense involving a victim under the age of 18 for which the offender is required to register pursuant to the law in the [state] jurisdiction where the conviction occurred.

78:5 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, IX(a) to read as follows:

(a) RSA 169-B:41, II; RSA 632-A:3, I; RSA 632-A:3, II; RSA 632-A:3, IV if the victim was 13 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age; RSA 633:2; RSA 633:3; RSA 639:3, III; RSA 645:1, II; RSA 645:1, III; RSA 645:2; RSA 649-A:3; RSA 649-A:3-a; RSA 649-A:3-b; RSA 649-B:3; RSA 649-B:4; or RSA 650:2, II.

78:6 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, X(a) to read as follows:

(a) RSA 630:1, I(e), RSA 630:1-a, I(b)(1), RSA 632-A:2, RSA 632-A:3, III, RSA 632-A:3, IV if the victim was under the age of 13, [or] RSA 633:1; or RSA 639:2.

78:7 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Duty to Report. Amend RSA 651-B:4, III(e) to read as follows:

(e) [Vehicle] Make, model, color, and license plate or registration number and state of registration of any vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft owned or regularly [driven] operated by the offender, and the place or places where such vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft are regularly kept.

78:8 Repeal. RSA 651-B:7, III(a)(9), relative to the requirement to include online identifiers on the public list of sexual offenders, is repealed.

78:9 Applicability. RSA 651-B shall apply to any sexual offender or offender against children, regardless of the date of conviction, juvenile delinquency adjudication, finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, or commitment under RSA 135-E.

78:10 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.

Approved: May 19, 2010

Effective Date: January 1, 2011