GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1050

Short Title:  Sexual Privacy at Home.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; and Gulley.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 21, 1997

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 I felon. 
(b)	This section shall not apply if the act occurs between consenting adults in the home of one of the adults and is not for hire."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.