HB 1586-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2296
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1586-FN
AN ACT relative to the statute of limitations for sexual assault.
SPONSORS: Rep. Altschiller, Rock. 19; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1; Rep. Chase, Straf. 18; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. McLean, Hills. 44; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits prosecution for aggravated felonious sexual assault and felonious sexual assault at any time, regardless of when the alleged offense occurred.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2296
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the statute of limitations for sexual assault.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Criminal Code; Limitations. Amend RSA 625:8, III(d) to read as follows:
(d)(1) For any offense under RSA 632-A, regardless of when the alleged offense occurred, at any time.
(2) For [any] an offense under [RSA 632-A or for an offense under] RSA 639:2, where the victim was under 18 years of age when the alleged offense occurred, within 22 years of the victim's eighteenth birthday.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
20-2296
12/3/19
HB 1586-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to the statute of limitations for sexual assault.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill permits prosecution for aggravated felonious sexual assault and felonious sexual assault at any time, regardless of when t