Bill Text: NH HB273 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Hampshire House Bill 273

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 03:30 pm Legislative Office Building 206-208 [HB273 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB273-Introduced.html

HB 273 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0549

11/05

HOUSE BILL 273

AN ACT relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.

SPONSORS: Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Colcombe, Hills. 30; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows parents to access all of their minor child's library records.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0549

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.

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

1 New Paragraph; Library User Records; Confidentiality; Access to Library Records of Minors. Amend RSA 201-D:11 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

II-a. All library records related to a minor's current borrowing of printed library materials and audio-visual materials, such as DVDs and CDs, shall be available to the parent or legal guardian of the minor when requested by the parent or legal guardian whose address matches that on the minor's library account.

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