CHAPTER 73
HB 1175-FN - FINAL VERSION
2026 SESSION
26-2631
09/08
HOUSE BILL 1175-FN
AN ACT relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.
SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill updates the offense prohibiting the use of a scanning device or reencoder to defraud by including the scanning and reencoding of information contained on integrated circuit chips of payment cards instead of just magnetic strips or stripes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2631
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
73:1 Use of Scanning Device or Reencoder to Defraud Prohibited. Amend RSA 638:29, I to read as follows:
I. A person is guilty of the crime of using a scanning device or reencoder to defraud when the person knowingly:
(a) Uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe or on an integrated circuit chip of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or
(b) Uses a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe or integrated circuit chip of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe or integrated circuit chip of a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant.
73:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
Approved: May 18, 2026
Effective Date: January 01, 2027
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 29, 2026 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 29, 2026 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 29, 2026 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 19, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 9, 2026 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 19, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 73; eff.01/01/2027
May 11, 2026: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
May 11, 2026: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12
April 3, 2026: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
April 2, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13
March 12, 2026: Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 10
March 10, 2026: Hearing: 03/17/2026, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 10
March 6, 2026: Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6
March 5, 2026: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6
Feb. 24, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/29/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5
Feb. 3, 2026: Executive Session: 01/29/2026 11:00 am GP 159
Jan. 21, 2026: Public Hearing: 01/29/2026 11:00 am GP 159
Dec. 1, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 9