Assembly Bill A1556

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits tethering, restraining, caging or penning of dogs outside between the hours of 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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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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2021-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2798
2015-2016: A1006
2017-2018: A4677
2019-2020: A830
2023-2024: A381

2021-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits tethering, restraining, caging or penning of dogs or animals outdoors between the hours of 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.; may be tethered outdoors between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. to a stationary object or a pen or cage in a sized pen or cage four times the height and length of said dog or animal.

2021-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1556
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   tethering of dogs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
 section 353-g to read as follows:
   §  353-G.  TETHERING,  RESTRAINING,  CAGING  OR PENNING OF DOGS. 1. IT
 SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO TIE, TETHER, RESTRAIN, CAGE OR  PEN  A  WORKING  OR
 NON-WORKING DOG OUTDOORS, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 P.M. TO 6 A.M.
   2. A WORKING OR NON-WORKING DOG MAY BE TIED, TETHERED, CAGED OR PENNED
 OUTDOORS  BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 A.M. AND 7 P.M., TO A STATIONARY OBJECT
 OR A PEN OR CAGE IN A SIZED PEN OR CAGE FOUR TIMES THE HEIGHT AND LENGTH
 OF SAID DOG; PROVIDED IT IS IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT INHUMANE  OR  DETRI-
 MENTAL TO THE DOG'S WELFARE, DOESN'T CAUSE THE DOG TO CHOKE, PERMITS THE
 DOG  TO  ESCAPE HARM AND PERMITS THE DOG TO REACH FOOD, WATER, SHADE AND
 DRY GROUND.
   3. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY INCARCERATION IN CITY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO  DAYS  AND  NOT  MORE
 THAN SIX MONTHS, SHALL PERFORM BETWEEN FORTY-EIGHT AND ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF BETWEEN
 TWO  HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, UPON THEIR FIRST OFFENSE.
 UPON THEIR SECOND OFFENSE, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INCARCERATION
 IN CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN DAYS AND NOT
 MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  A  FINE  OF  BETWEEN  ONE
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  AND  TWO  THOUSAND DOLLARS. UPON THEIR THIRD OFFENSE,
 SUCH PERSON SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FELONY.
   § 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.

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