Bill Text - HB549 (2023)

Relative to definitions of domestic violence.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2022, 11:38 a.m.

 

2023 SESSION

23-0668.0

06/04

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to definitions of domestic violence.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill expands the definition of domestic violence.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0668.0

06/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to definitions of domestic violence.

 

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

 

1  Protection of Persons From Domestic Violence; Definitions.  Amend RSA 173-B:1, IX to read as follows:

IX. "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in RSA 173-B:1, I, as well as financial abuse and coercive control.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.