Bill Text: NH HB1547 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Prohibiting bestiality.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-28 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/24/2016; Chapter 321; Eff. 1/1/2017 at 12:01 am [HB1547 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1547-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 321
HB 1547-FN - FINAL VERSION
10Mar2016... 0775h
04/21/2016 1376s
1June2016... 2044CofC
1June2016... 2165EBA
2016 SESSION
16-2556
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1547-FN
AN ACT prohibiting bestiality.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Ford, Graf. 3; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. C. Chase, Ches. 8; Rep. Abbott, Ches. 1; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes the crime of bestiality.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Mar2016... 0775h
04/21/2016 1376s
1June2016... 2044CofC
1June2016... 2165EBA
16-2556 04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT prohibiting bestiality.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
321:1 New Section; Breaches of the Peace; Bestiality. Amend RSA 644 by inserting after section 8-f the following new section:
644:8-g Bestiality.
I. A person commits bestiality by knowingly committing any of the following acts:
(a) Engaging in sexual contact or sexual penetration with an animal for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.
(b) Offering or accepting the offer of an animal for consideration with the intent that it be subject to sexual contact or sexual penetration by a human.
(c) Photographing or filming or distributing such photographs or films, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, of a person engaged in sexual contact or sexual penetration with an animal.
II. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B felony for a second or subsequent offense.
III. In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall order that the convicted person:
(a) Submit to a psychological assessment and participate in appropriate counseling at the convicted person’s own expense.
(b) Reimburse an animal shelter for any reasonable costs incurred for the care and maintenance of any animal that was taken to the animal shelter as a result of conduct proscribed by this section.
(c) Shall not own, harbor, exercise control over, or reside in the same household with any animal for a period of time deemed reasonable by the court.
IV. This section shall not apply to:
(a) Accepted veterinary medical practices.
(b) Insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation.
(c) Accepted animal husbandry practices that provide care for animals.
V. In this section:
(a) "Animal” means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive.
(b) “Sexual contact” means any act between a person or an animal involving direct physical contact between the genitals or anus of one and the mouth, anus, or other part of the body of the other, or direct physical contact between the genitals of one and the genitals of the other, where such contact can be reasonably construed for the purpose of the person’s sexual arousal or gratification.
(c) “Sexual penetration” means any intrusion, however, slight, of any part of the person’s or animal’s body into the body of the other, or any object manipulated by the person into the body of the animal, where such penetration can be reasonably construed for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.
321:2 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Definitions. Amend RSA 651-B:1, IX(a) to read as follows:
(a) RSA 169-B:41, II; RSA 632-A:3, I; RSA 632-A:3, II; RSA 632-A:3, IV if the victim was 13 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age; RSA 633:2; RSA 633:3; RSA 633:7; RSA 639:3, III; RSA 645:1, II; RSA 645:1, III; RSA 645:2; RSA 649-A:3; RSA 649-A:3-a; RSA 649-A:3-b; RSA 649-B:3; RSA 649-B:4; [or] RSA 650:2, II; or RSA 644:8-g.
321:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017, at 12:01 a.m.
Approved: June 24, 2016
Effective Date: January 1, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.
