SB151 Summary

• Establishes the crime of bestiality in Alabama, defining sexual conduct and sexual contact with animals with specific descriptions of prohibited acts.

• Makes bestiality a Class A misdemeanor, covering direct engagement, causing/aiding others, permitting such conduct on controlled premises, and organizing or promoting such acts for commercial or recreational purposes.

• Exempts accepted animal husbandry practices, conformation judging practices, and accepted veterinary medicine practices from the law's application.

• Act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.

• Excluded from Amendment 621 requirements because the bill defines a new crime rather than imposing new local expenditures.