HB 1522 — relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee.

CHAPTER 230 HB 1522-FN - VERSIONFINAL ADOPTEDVERSION BY BOTH BODIES 05/07/2026 1770s SESSION 26-2398 09/08 HOUSE BILL 1522-FN AN ACT relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee.

Criminal Justice and Public Safety ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill:

CHAPTER 230 HB 1522-FN - VERSIONFINAL ADOPTEDVERSION BY BOTH BODIES 05/07/2026 1770s 26-2398 09/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee.

1230:1 Protection of Persons from Domestic Violence;

2230:2 New Paragraph;

HB 1522-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES - Page 2 - (c) Controlling, regulating, or monitoring the petitioner’s activities, communications, movements, finances, economic resources, or access to services, including through technological means;

CHAPTER 230 HB 1522-FN - FINAL VERSION - Page 2 - (e) Threatening to publish, or actually publishing, sensitive personal information relating to the petitioner, other than making a good faith report to a law enforcement agency;

3230:3 Protection of Persons from Domestic Violence;

4230:4 Department of Justice;

5230:5 Effective Date.

LBAApproved: 26-2398 05/13/2026 HB 1522-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT # 2026-1770s) AN ACT relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee.

FISCALJuly IMPACT:02, 2026 Effective Date:

EstimatedJuly State02, Impact FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0 Revenue Fund None Expenditures* Indeterminable Funding Source General Fund Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0 Funding Source None *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill Estimated Political Subdivision Impact FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 County Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0 County Expenditures Indeterminable Local Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0 Local Expenditures Indeterminable   METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation.

Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments.

A summary of such costs can be found at:

https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association