NH House Testimony

HB1239

House · 2026 sessionRepublicanKilled in House

Sex offenders near child safety zones

AI

Prohibits certain registered offenders required to register due to a sexual offense against a child under 13 years of age from appearing within 1,000 feet of certain locations under circumstances that would warrant alarm.

relative to the offense of loitering or prowling.

Crimes, Crim.Proc. & Corr.ChildrenPolice

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 11, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Division of testimony

6 submissions
Support 4Oppose 2Neutral 0
Hannah MeiselmanOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

Vague language criminalizes poverty, youth, and marginalized communities; should be opposed.

Daniel RichardsonOpposeNashua, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

So you intend to deprive the Constitutional freedom of religion right to worship in church? The sentence "Any area ... that minor children congregate" would criminalize for not knowing that children are congregating. This logic could endlessly be expanded to criminalize multiple other laws into ignorance-is-guilt.

Katie BrissetteSupportConcord, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.

Dague ClarkSupportNewbury, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.

Angelique HallSupportBristol, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.

Claudia DeFuriaSupportSalem, NHfor MyselfJan 29, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.