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2024 SESSION
24-2719.0
08/02
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the definition of animal cruelty.
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds the sale of certain animals with deformities to the definition of animal cruelty.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2719.0
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the definition of animal cruelty.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Animal Cruelty; Breeding Deformities. Amend RSA 644:8, III(g)-(h) to read as follows:
(g) Sells an equine colt that is less than 90 days old that is not being nursed by its dam; [or]
(h) Sells an animal that has a birth deformity that causes suffering, such as brachycephaly, or the intentional breeding with the intent to sell, 2 individual animals with the same birth deformity that causes suffering, such as brachycephaly; or
(i) Otherwise negligently permits or causes any animal in his or her possession or custody to be subjected to cruelty, inhumane treatment, or unnecessary suffering of any kind.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.