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CONCORD — Returning for a third attempt at becoming a law, members of the N.H. House of Representatives Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard a bill on Wednesday that would provide additional employment restrictions for registered sex offenders.

The bill’s prime sponsor, Kevin Verville, R-Deerfield, brought the bill back at the urging of a constituent after it passed the House with amendment in 2020 and 2022 only to die in the Senate both times. Now known as HB 107-FN, the bill would prohibit any registered sex offender from being employed

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9/18/14

The US Senate today voted to renew the Debbie Smith Act, which has increased the use of DNAand helped solve thousands of open rape cases.  The five-year extension was previously passedby the House, and is now headed to the president to be signed into law.