Senate Bill S5118

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for intent to cause injury to an animal

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5118 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5520
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6147, A5153
2019-2020: S1115, A5695
2021-2022: S4505, A6900
2023-2024: S3075, A5177

2015-S5118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to penalties for intent to cause injury to an animal.

2015-S5118 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5118

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 1, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  penal-
  ties for intent to cause injury to an animal

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  353-a  of  the  agriculture  and
markets  law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
read as follows:
  1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to  animals  when[,]:  (A)
with  no  justifiable  purpose,  he or she intentionally kills or inten-
tionally causes serious physical  injury  to  a  companion  animal  with
aggravated cruelty OR (B) UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING A DEPRAVED INDIF-
FERENCE  TO  THE  LIFE  OF  AN  ANIMAL,  HE OR SHE RECKLESSLY ENGAGES IN
CONDUCT WHICH CREATES A GRAVE RISK OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY  OR  DEATH
TO  THE  ANIMAL,  AND THEREBY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO
SUCH ANIMAL.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated  cruelty"  shall
mean  conduct which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or
(ii) is done or carried  out  in  an  especially  depraved  or  sadistic
manner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09330-01-5

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