HB 1529 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2548

04/01

HOUSE BILL 1529

AN ACT prohibiting the release of the name of a mass murderer.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hopper, Hills. 2; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits any law enforcement agency in this state from releasing the name, image, or other information about a mass murder suspect unless the attorney general determines that withholding such information poses a threat to public safety.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2548

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT prohibiting the release of the name of a mass murderer.

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

1  New Subdivision; Release of Mass Murder Information.  Amend RSA 21-M by inserting after section 19 the following new subdivision:

Release of Mass Murder Information

21-M:20  Release of Mass Murder Information.  No law enforcement agency in this state shall release the name, image, or other information about a mass murder suspect unless the attorney general determines that withholding such information poses a threat to public safety until at least 45 days after the incident.  In this section, "mass murder" means an incident in which one or more persons kills or attempts to kill 4 or more people.

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