Bill Text - SB482 (2024)

Relative to National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate access to criminal history records.


Revision: May 21, 2024, 2:35 p.m.

CHAPTER 27

SB 482-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2897

11/05

 

SENATE BILL 482-FN

 

AN ACT relative to National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate access to criminal history records.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill gives the New Hampshire Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and 157 Air Refueling Wing Offices of the Staff Judge Advocate access to criminal history records, criminal investigation records, and court records of New Hampshire National Guard employees and service members for the limited purpose of carrying out the office’s responsibilities.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2897

11/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate access to criminal history records.

 

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

 

27:1  New Section; Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services; National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate Document Access.  Amend RSA 110-B by inserting after section 110-B:19 the following new section:

110-B:19-a  National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate; Access to Criminal History Records.  The New Hampshire Air National Guard, New Hampshire Army National Guard, and 157 Air Refueling Wing Offices of the Staff Judge Advocate shall be granted access to all confidential criminal history records, criminal investigation documentation, and public court records of New Hampshire National Guard employees and service members for the purpose of carrying out the office’s responsibilities and the respective attorneys’ duties under state, federal, and military law and regulations.

27:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 20, 2024

Effective Date: July 19, 2024