JOHNSON, BRIAN PHILIP

22-22-42. Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony. No person, for the purpose of that person's sexual gratification, may: (1) Engage in a sexual act with an animal; or (2) Coerce any other person to engage in a sexual act with an animal; or (3) Use any part of the person's body or an object to sexually stimulate an animal; or (4) Videotape a person engaging in a sexual act with an animal; or (5) Kill or physically abuse an animal. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of the crime of bestiality. Bestiality is a Class 6 felony. However, if the person has been previously convicted of a sex crime pursuant to § 22-24B-1, any subsequent violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. Some statutes have been amended over the years and may not contain the exact language of the offense that the sex offender was convicted of.