Revision: Dec. 23, 2019, 5:08 p.m.
SB 523 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2920
04/05
SENATE BILL 523
SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that no device or instrument, nor the results or data produced by the same, shall be admissible as evidence in any court proceeding unless its accuracy and reliability is verifiable through a complete and independent scientific analysis or peer review.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2920
04/05
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 Subdivision; Analysis of Device or Instrument. Amend RSA 516 by inserting after section 38 the following new subdivision:
Analysis of Device or Instrument
516:39 Analysis of Device of Instrument. No device or instrument, nor the results or data produced by the same, shall be admissible as evidence in any court proceeding unless its accuracy and reliability is verifiable through a complete and independent scientific analysis or peer review.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.