Bill Text - HB1265 (2018)

Relative to the release of criminal conviction records.


Revision: June 11, 2018, 11:08 a.m.

CHAPTER 173

HB 1265 - FINAL VERSION

 

04/19/2018   1430s

2018 SESSION

18-2386

04/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1265

 

AN ACT relative to the release of criminal conviction records.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the release of criminal conviction records to a defendant in a criminal proceeding or counsel for the defendant.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/19/2018   1430s 18-2386

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the release of criminal conviction records.

 

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

 

173:1  State Police; Criminal Records.  Amend RSA 106-B:14, I-a(a) to read as follows:

(a)  No individual, or public or private agency receiving criminal conviction record information from the division shall resell, rent, trade, transfer, make available, or otherwise disclose such information to another person for any purpose, other than to a client of the individual, a defendant in a criminal proceeding or counsel for a defendant in a criminal proceeding, or public or private agency, without permission of the director.

173:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 08, 2018

Effective Date: August 07, 2018