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HB1175 • 2026

relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Joe Alexander (R), Kimberly Rice (R), Tara Reardon (D), Katelyn Kuttab (R), Terry Roy (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), Alissandra Murray (D), Timothy Lang (R), Denise Ricciardi (R), Jennifer Rhodes (R)
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 73; eff.01/01/2027

  2. 2026-05-11 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12

  3. 2026-05-11 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12

  4. 2026-04-03 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8

  5. 2026-04-02 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13

  6. 2026-03-12 S

    Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 10

  7. 2026-03-06 S

    Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6

  8. 2026-03-05 H

    Ought to Pass : MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 5

  9. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/29/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5

  10. 2026-02-03 H

    Executive Session: 01/29/2026 11:00 am GP 159

  11. 2026-01-21 H

    Public Hearing: 01/29/2026 11:00 am GP 159

  12. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 9

Official Summary Text

relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 73
HB 1175-FN - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2631
09/08

HOUSE BILL
1175-FN

AN ACT
relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill updates the offense prohibiting the use of a scanning device or reencoder to defraud by including the scanning and reencoding of information contained on integrated circuit chips of payment cards instead of just magnetic strips or stripes.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2631
09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the offense of use of scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

73:1 Use of Scanning Device or Reencoder to Defraud Prohibited. Amend RSA 638:29, I to read as follows:
I. A person is guilty of the crime of using a scanning device or reencoder to defraud when the person knowingly:
(a) Uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe
or on an integrated circuit chip
of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or
(b) Uses a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe
or integrated circuit chip
of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe
or integrated circuit chip
of a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant.

73:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

Approved: May 18, 2026
Effective Date: January 01, 2027