CHAPTER 169
HB 1353 - FINAL VERSION
9Mar2016... 0415h
05/05/2016 1768s
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1353
AN ACT\trelative to the notice required of a law enforcement officer prior to making an audio recording of a routine stop.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Byron, Hills. 20
COMMITTEE:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires a law enforcement officer making a routine stop to notify an individual that he or she is being recorded unless such notice is not reasonable or practicable.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2016... 0415h\t16-2497
05/05/2016 1768s\t08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to the notice required of a law enforcement officer prior to making an audio recording of a routine stop.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t169:1 Notice of Recording; Law Enforcement. Amend RSA 570-A:2, II(j) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(j) A uniformed law enforcement officer to make an audio recording in conjunction with a video recording of a routine stop performed in the ordinary course of patrol duties on any way as defined by RSA 259:125, provided that the officer shall first give notification of such recording to the party to the communication unless it is not reasonable or practicable under the circumstances.
\t169:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 3, 2016
Effective Date: June 3, 2016