GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 

SESSION 1993

 

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HOUSE BILL 1057

 

 

 

 

Short Title:  Sexual Privacy at Home.                                                                               (Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Colton.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II.

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April 19, 1993

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PRIVATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-177 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14-177. Crime against nature.

(a)       If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class H felon.

     (b) This section shall not apply if the act occurs in the privacy of a home between consenting adults and is not for hire."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.