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2023 SESSION
23-0268.0
02/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT prohibiting the operation of motor vehicles by drivers with animals on their laps.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits operation of a motor vehicle while the driver has an animal on his or her person.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0268.0
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT prohibiting the operation of motor vehicles by drivers with animals on their laps.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Motor Vehicles; Operating With Animal On Driver's Person Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 105-a the following new section:
265:105-b Operating With Animal On Driver's Person Prohibited.
I. A person who operates any motor vehicle on a public way with an animal of any size on their person, or who permits an animal to impede his or her free access to and use of vehicle controls or to obstruct their vision with any animal between the operator and the operators door is guilty of a violation.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.