Bill Text - HB1168 (2012)

Requiring the removal of electronic records and information upon entry of an order of annulment.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight

HB 1168 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1168

AN ACT requiring the removal of electronic records and information upon entry of an order of annulment.

SPONSORS: Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the deletion of all electronic records and information relating to an annulled criminal offense.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2099

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT requiring the removal of electronic records and information upon entry of an order of annulment.

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

1 Annulment of Criminal Records. Amend RSA 651:5, X(b) to read as follows:

(b) The court shall issue the person a certificate stating that such person’s behavior after the conviction has warranted the issuance of the order, and that its effect is to annul the record of arrest, conviction and sentence, and shall notify the state police criminal records unit and the arresting agency and instruct them to correct the criminal history record of the petitioner to reflect the annulment, including the deletion of all electronic records or information relating to the annulment.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.