HB 110 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0054

08/10

HOUSE BILL 110

AN ACT requiring persons who record cruelty to livestock to report such cruelty and submit such recordings to a law enforcement agency.

SPONSORS: Rep. Haefner, Hills 37; Rep. Sad, Ches 1; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 11; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Odell, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill requires persons who record cruelty to livestock to report such cruelty and submit such recordings to a law enforcement agency.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0054

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT requiring persons who record cruelty to livestock to report such cruelty and submit such recordings to a law enforcement agency.

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

1 New Paragraph; Recordings of Cruelty to Livestock. Amend RSA 644:8 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. Any person who records any activity that falls under paragraph III as committed against livestock shall have a duty to report such activities to law enforcement authorities and shall submit any unedited photographs or video recordings to the law enforcement authorities within 24 hours of the recording’s creation.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.