Revision: May 14, 2025, 9:21 a.m.
Senate Judiciary
May 13, 2025
2025-2168s
09/08
Amendment to HB 369-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following and renumbering the original section 4 to read as 5:
4 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Duty to Report. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 651-B:4, I to read as follows:
I. Any sexual offender or offender against children residing in this state shall report in person to the local law enforcement agency. The offender shall report in person as set forth in this section within 5 business days after any of the following events: the person's release, the person's conviction of the sexual offense or offense against children if not incarcerated, the person's conviction of the sexual offense or offense against children if not immediately incarcerated, or [within 5 business days after] the person's date of establishment of residence, employment, or schooling in New Hampshire. If an offender has more than one residence, the offender shall report in person to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over his or her primary residence and report the addresses of all his or her residences, including those outside of New Hampshire. The division shall notify the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the offender's other residences of the offender's address in their jurisdiction. Thereafter, the offender shall report as follows:
2025-2168s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
1. Requires a defendant charged with a misdemeanor sexual assault of a minor under the age of 18 to elect whether to proceed in circuit court and waive his or her right to a jury trial or to immediately appeal to superior court for a jury trial.
2. Clarifies a sexual offender or offender against children's duty to report to local law enforcement.