Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 10:53 a.m.
HB 278 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0722
04/08
HOUSE BILL 278
AN ACT repealing criminal defamation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hull, Graf. 9
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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This bill repeals the crime of criminal defamation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0722
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT repealing criminal defamation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 644:11, relative to criminal defamation, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.