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NH Judiciary Committee hears bill to expand attorney general forfeiture report
Summary
Supporters said HB1631 would improve oversight by adding detailed fields to the attorney general's annual forfeiture report; the attorney general's office warned publicizing case identifiers could pose safety and privacy risks. Testimony produced no committee vote.
Representative Daniel Popovich Miller introduced HB1631, saying the attorney general's current annual report on state forfeiture activity "is not useful as a way to inform our policy" and asking the committee to require more detailed, measurable reporting so legislators and the public can evaluate how civil forfeiture is being used.
Miller said the measure narrows an earlier proposal and responds to objections raised last term. "All that I'm looking to do is to add some more detail that is critical in making this reporting effective in terms of helping us assess…
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