HB 1262 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2136

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1262

AN ACT prohibiting banks from requiring blood samples, fingerprints, and DNA samples in order to complete a banking transaction.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sapareto, Rock 5; Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. L. Jones, Straf 1; Rep. Webb, Rock 5

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits banks from requiring blood samples, fingerprints, and DNA samples in order to complete a banking transaction.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2136

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT prohibiting banks from requiring blood samples, fingerprints, and DNA samples in order to complete a banking transaction.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Negotiable Instruments; Presentment; Unreasonable Forms of Identification. Amend RSA 382-A:3-501 by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) Reasonable identification shall not include blood samples, fingerprints, or DNA samples.

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