HB 160 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0610
04/05
HOUSE BILL 160
AN ACT relative to public display of chest.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hynes, Hills. 2; Rep. Read, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the public display of a person's chest or nipple shall not be a criminal
violation and voids any municipal ordinance adopted that is contrary to this provision.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 160 - AS INTRODUCED
23-0610
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to public display of chest.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Paragraph; Public Indecency and Lewdness. Amend RSA 645:1 by inserting after
2 paragraph III the following new paragraph:
3 IV. It shall not constitute a violation of this section, nor shall it be an offense under any
4 provision of this title, for any person to display their chest or nipple in public. Any municipal
5 ordinance adopted that is contrary to this paragraph shall be void and without effect.
6 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 645:1