Bill Text: NH HB1125 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Repealing the crime of adultery.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-28 - Signed by the Governor on 5/27/2014; Chapter 0044; Effective 1/01/2015 [HB1125 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1125-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 44
HB 1125-FN – FINAL VERSION
2014 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 1125-FN
AN ACT repealing the crime of adultery.
SPONSORS: Rep. O'Flaherty, Hills 12; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill repeals the crime of adultery.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2171
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT repealing the crime of adultery.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
44:1 Repeal. RSA 645:3, relative to the crime of adultery, is repealed.
44:2 Family Mediators; Privileged Communications. Amend RSA 328-C:9, III(d) to read as follows:
(d) The family mediator has received information about a felony or misdemeanor[, excepting adultery,] that has been or is about to be committed.
44:3 Proof of Marriage. Amend RSA 457:41 to read as follows:
457:41 In Criminal Cases. In actions for criminal conversation, and in indictments for [adultery,] bigamy[,] and the like, there must be proof of a marriage in fact.
44:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: May 27, 2014
Effective Date: January 1, 2015
