HB 1387 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2141
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1387
AN ACT relative to the penalty for tampering with public records or information.
SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr. 21
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the penalty for tampering with public records.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2141
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the penalty for tampering with public records or information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Falsification in Official Matters; Tampering With Public Records. Amend RSA 641:7 to read as follows:
641:7 Tampering With Public Records or Information.
I. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she:
[I.] (a) Knowingly makes a false entry in or false alteration of any thing belonging to, received, or kept by the government for information or record, or required by law to be kept for information of the government; or
[II.] (b) Presents or uses any thing knowing it to be false, and with a purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records referred to in paragraph I; or
[III.] II. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he or she purposely and unlawfully destroys, conceals, removes, refuses to amend an entry that is false, or otherwise impairs the verity or availability of any such thing.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 11, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 18, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 7, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 8, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 7
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 11-1; CC)
Feb. 7, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/07/2018 (Vote 11-1; CC) HC 5 P. 10
Jan. 18, 2018: Executive Session: 01/18/2018 10:00 AM LOB 208
Jan. 11, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/11/2018 11:15 AM LOB 208
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 9