Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 12:36 p.m.
HB 171 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0271
04/03
HOUSE BILL 171
SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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This bill prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from assisting a federal agency in the collection or use of a person's electronic data without consent or a warrant.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0271
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Chapter; Collection or Use of Personal Electronic Data. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 570-B the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 570-C
COLLECTION OR USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DATA
570-C:1 Caller Use of Personal Electronic Data. Neither the state nor its political subdivisions shall assist, participate with, or provide material support or resources to enable or facilitate a federal agency in the collection or use of a person's electronic data or metadata, without that person's informed consent, or without a warrant issued by a judge and based upon probable cause that particularly describes the person, place, or thing to be searched or seized, or without acting in accordance with a judicially-recognized exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment to the Unites States Constitution.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.