NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8221

Senate Bill S8221

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to limiting licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations

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Apr 19, 2018	referred to agriculture

2017-S8221 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2982
Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §403, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S2850, A2616
2021-2022: A2024

2017-S8221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations.

2017-S8221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8221

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to limiting licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals
obtained from shelters and rescue organizations

 
PURPOSE:

To prevent pet dealers from selling animals obtained from commercial
breeders. This bill would allow pet dealers to only sell animals
obtained from shelters or rescue organizations.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

No pet dealer shall display, sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter,
auction, give away, broker or otherwise transfer or dispose of an animal
except one obtained from: (1) An animal shelter; (2) A private, nonpro-
fit humane society or nonprofit animal rescue organization; or (3) An
animal shelter, nonprofit humane society or nonprofit animal rescue
organization that operates out of or in connection with a pet shop.

Nothing shall prevent a pet shop or pet dealer from providing space and
appropriate care for animals owned by an animal shelter, nonprofit
humane society or nonprofit animal rescue agency and maintained at a pet
shop for the purpose of adopting those animals to the public.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Puppy mills, kitten mills and other large scale commercial animal mills
are mass breeding facilities that produce puppies, kittens, and other
animals, for sale. These mills often seek to benefit financially at the
expense of the well-being of animals.  These mills contribute to pet
overpopulation and cause countless animals a lifetime of suffering in
horrific conditions. For example, the irresponsible breeding practices
endemic to puppy mills often result in a host of hereditary and congen-
ital diseases common to puppy mill puppies. This bill will target
outlets that drive the wholesale production of animals in inhumane mills
while combating pet overpopulation:

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8221
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 limiting
   licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained  from  shel-
   ters and rescue organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 403 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  NO  PET  DEALER  SHALL  DISPLAY,  SELL,  DELIVER, OFFER FOR SALE,
 BARTER, AUCTION, GIVE AWAY, BROKER OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER OR  DISPOSE  OF
 AN ANIMAL UNLESS IT IS OBTAINED FROM:
   (A) AN ANIMAL SHELTER;
   (B)  A  PRIVATE,  NONPROFIT  HUMANE SOCIETY OR NONPROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE
 ORGANIZATION; OR
   (C) AN ANIMAL SHELTER, NONPROFIT HUMANE SOCIETY  OR  NONPROFIT  ANIMAL
 RESCUE  ORGANIZATION  THAT  OPERATES  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH A PET
 DEALER.
   NOTHING SHALL PREVENT A PET DEALER FROM PROVIDING SPACE AND  APPROPRI-
 ATE CARE FOR ANIMALS OWNED BY AN ANIMAL SHELTER, NONPROFIT HUMANE SOCIE-
 TY  OR NONPROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE AGENCY AND MAINTAINED BY A PET DEALER FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING THOSE ANIMALS TO THE PUBLIC.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06538-01-7

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