HB767 Expanding requirements for reports to law enforcement by the department of health and human services.
Expanding requirements for reports to law enforcement by the department of health and human services.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill has no fiscal impact on state, county, or local expenditures according to the fiscal note.
Your Community
The bill strengthens coordination between child protective services and law enforcement by mandating immediate verbal reporting of serious crimes against children, potentially improving investigation speed and child safety outcomes in NH communities.
Your Freedom
The bill expands law enforcement and caseworker authority to enter public places and interview children without parental notification when abuse is suspected, which increases investigative capability but also reduces parental control over child interactions in specific circumstances.
Status
Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 04/16/2026; Senate Journal 9
Sponsor
David Love (R)
The Short Version
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately verbally report suspected child abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, and crimes directly to local law enforcement, and refines rules allowing law enforcement and trained caseworkers to enter public places to interview children without parental consent in abuse-related investigations. The fiscal note indicates no state cost impact.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Children suspected of abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitation (faster law enforcement notification and investigation)
- ▲ Law enforcement agencies (clearer, faster reporting protocols from DHHS)
- ▲ Communities with improved coordination between child protection and criminal investigation systems
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Parents (reduced notification and consent rights when children are interviewed in public places during investigations)
- ▼ Schools and child care agencies (obligation to allow interviews on premises without parental consent when criteria are met)
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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