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Committee hears simple wording fix to animal cruelty statute to cover 'foal' instead of 'colt'
2347863 · February 19, 2025
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Summary
Legislators and the Farm Bureau supported a technical amendment to animal cruelty statute RSA 644 that would replace the word "colt" with the gender‑neutral term "foal," closing a drafting gap that currently excludes female foals.
Representative Peter Bixby introduced HB 277 to correct wording in the state's animal cruelty statute so that protections for young equines cover all foals, not only male animals described by the term "colt."
Bixby said current statute uses the word "colt," which by definition…
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