GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 759

Short Title:  Sexual Privacy Act.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; Gulley and Lucas.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II.

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April 5, 1999

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 privacy and is not for hire."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.