Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 10:38 a.m.
HB 1157 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2192
06/04
HOUSE BILL 1157
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 26
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a news media to update, retract, or correct an Internet published article about a criminal proceeding following an acquittal, dismissal, or finding of not guilty.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2192
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Liability of News Media. Amend RSA 507 by inserting after section 8-i the following new section:
507:8-j Liability of News Media. The failure of a New Hampshire news media organization to update, retract, or correct an Internet published story concerning a criminal proceeding against a named person, immediately following written notification of the media organization by the injured person of a subsequent finding of not guilty, acquittal, or dismissal of the charges against such person in a criminal proceeding, shall result in the liability of the New Hampshire news media organization for any damages incurred by the person caused by such failure.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.