This bill mandates that law enforcement and peace officers must notify specific military agencies when they have probable cause to believe that a member of the armed forces or National Guard is violating a military protection order. The bill introduces a new paragraph to RSA 173-B:8, which requires officers to inform the law enforcement agency that entered the military protection order into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center database if such a violation is suspected. Additionally, the bill amends RSA 110-B:19-a to grant the New Hampshire Air National Guard and Army National Guard access to confidential criminal history records and mandates that officers notify the office of the New Hampshire National Guard general counsel in cases of suspected violations of military protection orders.

The bill also includes several insertions and deletions to clarify the language regarding the military branches involved. Specifically, it replaces "Air National Guard" and "National Guard" with "air national guard" and "national guard," respectively, to ensure consistency in terminology. Furthermore, it adds provisions that require law enforcement officers to notify the appropriate military legal counsel when a service member may have violated a military protection order. The act is set to take effect 180 days after passage, and while it is expected to have indeterminable fiscal impacts on state and local expenditures, it does not project any revenue changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 173-B:8, 110-B:19-a
HB1366 text: 173-B:8, 110-B:19-a