HB 1073 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

16Mar2022... 0689h

2022 SESSION

22-2122

07/04

HOUSE BILL 1073

SPONSORS: Rep. Wuelper, Straf. 3; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 5

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill narrows the scope of attorney-related records exempt from the right to know law.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Mar2022... 0689h 22-2122

07/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

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

1 Access to Governmental Records and Meetings; Exemptions; Attorney Records. Amend RSA 91-A:5, XII to read as follows:

XII. Records protected under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine consistent with the public's right to know.

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