HB 1237 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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04/01

HOUSE BILL 1237

AN ACT prohibiting residency restrictions on registered sex offenders and offenders against children.

SPONSORS: Rep. Robertson, Ches 6; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. O’Flaherty, Hills 12

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions for sexual offenders or offenders against children.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT prohibiting residency restrictions on registered sex offenders and offenders against children.

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

1 New Paragraph; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Release into Community. Amend RSA 651-B:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. No political subdivision of the state shall adopt an ordinance or bylaw that restricts in any way the residence of a sexual offender or an offender against children.

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