CHAPTER 196

HB 1388-FN - FINAL VERSION

04/28/2022   1676s

2022 SESSION

22-2635

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1388-FN

AN ACT relative to the unsolicited disclosure of an intimate image.

SPONSORS: Rep. Nutting-Wong, Hills. 32; Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 15

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a criminal penalty for the unsolicited disclosure of an intimate image.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/28/2022   1676s 22-2635

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the unsolicited disclosure of an intimate image.

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

196:1  Public Indecency; Indecent Exposure and Lewdness.  Amend RSA 645:1, I to read as follows:

I.  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:

(a)  Such person fornicates, exposes his or her genitals, or performs any other act of gross lewdness under circumstances which he or she should know will likely cause affront or alarm; or

(b)  Such person knowingly transmits to another, who is 16 years of age or older, an image of himself or herself fornicating, exposing his or her genitals, or performing any other act of gross lewdness, when the recipient does not consent to receipt of the image.

196:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Approved: June 17, 2022

Effective Date: January 01, 2023