Assembly Bill A588

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of cruelty to animals to threaten, intimidate or harass in the second degree and first degree

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  • 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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2019-A588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§120.80 & 120.85, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8638
2017-2018: A5075
2021-2022: A1353
2023-2024: A483

2019-A588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of cruelty to animals to threaten, intimidate or harass in the second degree and cruelty to animals to threaten, intimidate or harass in the first degree when in the presence of a minor child.

2019-A588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    588
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
   cruelty  to  animals  to  threaten, intimidate or harass in the second
   degree and first degree

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 120.80
 and 120.85 to read as follows:
 § 120.80 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE  OR  HARASS  IN  THE
            SECOND DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR
 HARASS  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  WHEN HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY INJURES OR
 KILLS, WITH NO JUSTIFIABLE PURPOSE, ANY COMPANION ANIMAL WITH THE INTENT
 TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE, OR HARASS A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER  WHO  HE
 OR  SHE  KNOWS  OR  SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OWNED, POSSESSED, LEASED, KEPT, OR
 HELD SUCH COMPANION ANIMAL.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUBDI-
 VISION TWO  OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL  SERVICES
 LAW.
   (B) "COMPANION ANIMAL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUBDIVISION FIVE
 OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS  TO  THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR HARASS IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
 § 120.85 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE  OR  HARASS  IN  THE
            FIRST DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR
 HARASS  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE WHEN   HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY INJURES OR
 KILLS, WITH NO JUSTIFIABLE PURPOSE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A MINOR CHILD,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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