Bill Text: NH HB283 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to the age rabbits can be transferred.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-20 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2019; Chapter 81; Eff: 08/17/2019 [HB283 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB283-Enrolled.html
HB 283 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
7Mar2019... 0686h
2019 SESSION
19-0583
08/10
HOUSE BILL 283
AN ACT relative to the age rabbits can be transferred.
SPONSORS: Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the transfer of rabbits younger than 8 weeks of age.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2019... 0686h 19-0583
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to the age rabbits can be transferred.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sale of Rabbits. Amend RSA 437:15 to read as follows:
437:15 Sale or Gift. Rabbits younger than [4] 8 weeks of age shall not be sold or offered for sale; raffled; or offered or given as a prize, premium, or advertising device.
2 Conditions of Keeping and Display; Rabbits. Amend RSA 437:16 to read as follows:
437:16 Conditions of Keeping and Display. Stores, shops, vendors, and others offering chicks, ducklings, or goslings[, or rabbits] younger than 4 weeks of age for sale, raffle, or as a prize, premium, or advertising device, or displaying chicks, ducklings, or goslings[, or rabbits] to the public, shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to maintain the chicks, ducklings, or goslings[, or rabbits] in good health, and shall keep adequate food and water available to the birds [or animals] at all times.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.