CHAPTER 60
HB 1289 - FINAL VERSION
22Feb2018... 0470h
2018 SESSION
18-2101
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1289
AN ACT relative to trespassing domestic fowl.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Moffett, Merr. 9
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a penalty for trespassing domestic fowl and requires enforcement by local law enforcement officials.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2018... 0470h 18-2101
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to trespassing domestic fowl.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
60:1 Trespassing Stock; Addition of Trespassing Domestic Fowl. Amend RSA 635:3 to read as follows:
635:3 Trespassing Stock or Domestic Fowl. If any person having the charge or custody of any sheep, goats, cattle, horses, [or] swine, or domestic fowl shall knowingly, recklessly, or negligently suffer or permit the same to enter upon, pass over, or remain upon any improved or enclosed land of another without written permission of the owner, occupant, or his or her agent, and thereby injures [his] the owner's crops[,] or property, [he] the person shall be guilty of a violation. Complaints shall be made to law enforcement officials or local animal control officers who shall enforce the provisions of this section.
60:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 25, 2018
Effective Date: July 24, 2018
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 6, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 22, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 10, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 19, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 25, 2018: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 60; Eff. 7/24/2018
April 26, 2018: Enrolled 04/26/2018
April 26, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
April 19, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
April 19, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 17
April 10, 2018: Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 16
March 8, 2018: Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7
Feb. 22, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 0470h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 12
Feb. 22, 2018: Amendment # 2018-0470h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 12
Feb. 22, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0470h (NT) for 02/22/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 7 P. 9
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0470h (NT) (Vote 13-0; CC)
Feb. 6, 2018: Executive Session: 02/06/2018 LOB 307
Jan. 30, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 1 P. 5