Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 10:01 a.m.
HB 1123 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2080
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1123
AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. DeClercq, Rock. 8; Rep. Read, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the reporting of a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle to the cat's owner or the police.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2080
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Short Title; Arrow's Law. This subdivision shall be known as "Arrow's Law."
2 Report of Injury to Dog or Cat. Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 264:31 to read as follows:
Report of Injury to Dog or Cat
3 Report of Injury to Dog or Cat. Amend RSA 264:31 to read as follows:
264:31 Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.
I. The driver of any vehicle who knowingly strikes a dog or cat and fails to report the incident to the dog's owner or custodian or the cat's owner or custodian or to a police officer as soon as possible, shall be guilty of a [violation] class B misdemeanor.
II. A person reporting an incident to any law enforcement agency shall not be required to remain at the scene waiting for law enforcement to arrive for more than 15 minutes after reporting the incident unless law enforcement officials expressly authorize the person not to remain at the scene.
III. The state shall not use any audio recordings of a person that were created as a result of a report under this section in any subsequent criminal prosecution and shall not consider the contents of the recording to establish probable cause that a crime has occurred.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.