CHAPTER 215
HB 1628-FN - FINAL VERSION
04/21/2016 1357s
2016 SESSION
\t16-2038
\t08/04
HOUSE BILL\t1628-FN
AN ACT\trelative to human trafficking involving persons under 18 years of age.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Gallagher, Belk. 4; Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 28; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2
COMMITTEE:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill makes it a crime for a person to pay to engage in sexual contact with a person under the age of 18. The bill also requires registration on the sex offender registry for persons convicted of trafficking in persons.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/21/2016 1357s\t16-2038
\t08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to human trafficking involving persons under 18 years of age.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t215:1 New Paragraph; Human Trafficking; Purchase of Sexual Contact With a Minor. Amend RSA 633:7 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
\t\tIII-a. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the person pays, agrees to pay, or offers to pay to engage in sexual contact, as defined in RSA 632-A:1 or sexual penetration, as defined in RSA 632-A:1, V with a person under the age of 18, or to observe a sexually explicit performance involving a person under the age of 18. The payment or offer or agreement to pay may be made to the person under the age of 18 or a third party.
\t215:2 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, IX(a) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(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 633:7; 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.
\t215:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
Approved: June 7, 2016
Effective Date: January 1, 2017