H.B. 818 Summary

• Amends § 708-814 to allow photographs, video recordings, or other authenticated recordings as evidence in establishing criminal trespass in the second degree offenses.

• Amends § 708-814.7 to allow photographs, video recordings, or other authenticated recordings as evidence in establishing criminal trespass onto state lands offenses.

• Clarifies that convictions under § 708-814.7 (criminal trespass onto state lands) cannot be used to establish felony convictions under § 708-803.

• Applies to both criminal trespass in the second degree and criminal trespass onto state lands, permitting evidence that can be authenticated by one or more witnesses.