Bill Text - HB1218 (2014)

Relative to the crime of adultery.


Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight

HB 1218 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2172

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1218

AN ACT relative to the crime of adultery.

SPONSORS: Rep. O'Flaherty, Hills 12

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill redefines the acts which constitute 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2172

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the crime of adultery.

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

1 Adultery; Acts Prohibited. Amend RSA 645:3 to read as follows:

645:3 Adultery. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, being a married person, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another not his or her spouse or, being unmarried, engages in sexual intercourse with another known by him or her to be married. In this section, “sexual intercourse” shall include anal penetration.

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