New Hampshire HB1054: establishing a committee to study the decline of insect populations in New Hampshire.

What the bill says

An act prohibiting the removal of claws from cats. Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 5; Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 21; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22 COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill creates a criminal penalty for declawing a cat. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italic.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT prohibiting the removal of claws from cats. Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 5; Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 21; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22 COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill creates a criminal penalty for declawing a cat. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 25-0031 08/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT prohibiting the removal of claws from cats. 644:8-h Removal of Claws from Cats Prohibited. I. No person shall remove the claws of a cat by performing an onychectomy, partial or complete phalangectomy, or a tendonectomy, by …

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Sponsors

• Peter Bixby (D, 13) · primary sponsor
• Judy Aron (R, 4)
• (R, 35)