HB 602-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 602-FN
AN ACT relative to the sale of fetal body parts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Souza, Hills 40; Rep. Salts, Hills 41; Rep. Pepino, Hills 40; Rep. Albert, Straf 17; Rep. Lachance, Straf 15; Sen. Francoeur, Dist 14; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill prohibits trafficking in fetal body parts. Under this bill, any person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells or transfers, or trades or barters fetal body parts or fetal tissue is guilty of a class B felony.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0496
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the sale of fetal body parts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Sale of Fetal Body Parts Prohibited. Amend RSA 132 by inserting after section 21 the following new subdivision:
Sale of Fetal Body Parts Prohibited
132:22 Definition. In this subdivision "fetal tissue" means tissue from a fetus or child who is stillborn or aborted.
132:23 Sale of Fetal Body Parts Prohibited.
I. Any person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells or transfers, or trades or barters an intact fetus or whole body of an unborn child, or fetal tissue, organs, or body parts from a fetus or child that is aborted is guilty of a class B felony. Such unlawful conduct shall include the acquisition, receipt, sale or transfer, or trade or barter of such fetal tissue, organs, or body parts.
II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to condone or prohibit the performance of diagnostic tests while the unborn child is in utero or the performance of pathological examinations of an aborted child, nor shall anything in this section be construed to condone or prohibit the performance of in vitro fertilization and accompanying embryo transfer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0496
2/7/01
HB 602-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the sale of fetal body parts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.