HB 263 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 263
AN ACT prohibiting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
SPONSORS: Rep. Robertson, Ches 6; Rep. C. Chase, Ches 8; Rep. Hirsch, Merr 6; Rep. Frazer, Merr 13; Rep. Emerson, Ches 11
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill prohibits any political subdivision of the state from adopting an ordinance or bylaw that restricts the residence of a sexual offender or an offender 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0550
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT prohibiting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Residency Restrictions Prohibited. Amend RSA 651-B by inserting after section 12 the following new section:
651-B:13 Residency Restrictions Prohibited. 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. Any such ordinance or bylaw adopted by a political subdivision of the state prior to the effective date of this section shall be unenforceable upon the effective date of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.