HB 156 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0533
04/08
HOUSE BILL 156
AN ACT relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
SPONSORS: Rep. Meuse, Rock. 37; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 10; Rep. Hamblet, Rock. 26; Rep. Vogt, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds misrepresentation and misidentification to the definition of misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0533
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Reports of Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officers. Amend RSA 105:19, I to read as follows:
I. For the purposes of this section, "misconduct" means assault, sexual assault, bribery, fraud, theft, tampering with evidence, tampering with a witness, misrepresentation of a material fact in a police report, demonstrable misidentification of the race or ethnicity of an individual in a police report, use of a chokehold, or excessive and illegal use of force as defined by the New Hampshire criminal code.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.