HB 1149-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2176
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1149-FN
AN ACT relative to child obscenity.
SPONSORS: Rep. Panasiti, Hills. 22; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a criminal penalty for child obscenity.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2176
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to child obscenity.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Obscene Matter; Offense for Child Obscenity. Amend RSA 650:2, I by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f) Produces, possesses, displays, or distributes in any form any material containing or depicting a child under 13 years of age who is partially clothed, where the material is unrelated to the sale of a commercially available legal product and is used for purely prurient purposes. In this subparagraph, "commercially available" means available for sale to the general public and "purely prurient purposes" means for the specific purpose of sexual gratification or sexual arousal obtained from viewing material prohibited under this chapter.
2 Obscene Matter; Offenses. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 650:2, II to read as follows:
II. A person who commits any of the acts specified in [subparagraphs (a) through (e) of] paragraph I with knowledge that such act involves a child in material deemed obscene pursuant to this chapter is guilty of:
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
20-2176
10/14/19
HB 1149-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to child obscenity.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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