NH HB1522

Expands the definition of "abuse" under New Hampshire's domestic violence protection law (RSA 173-B) to include two additional categories: nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images and coercive control

Creates a new statutory definition of "coercive control" as a pattern of conduct intended to threaten, intimidate, harass, isolate, coerce, control, or compel compliance that causes reasonable fear for physical safety

Coercive control behaviors specified include isolating victims from support networks, depriving basic needs, controlling finances or communications (including through technology), compelling criminal conduct, and threatening to publish sensitive personal information

Clarifies that any person who has suffered abuse as defined in RSA 173-B:1, I may file a petition for a domestic violence protective order

Takes effect upon passage, with fiscal impact deemed indeterminable for state and local expenditures funded through the General Fund