Assembly Actions -
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May 10, 2022 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to agriculture |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A456
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Amy Paulin
Steven Englebright
David Weprin
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Deborah Glick
Andrew Hevesi
2021-A456 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2176
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A6077
2011-2012: A1843
2013-2014: A238, S4347
2015-2016: A957, S1270
2017-2018: A5050, S620
2019-2020: A663, S5801
2023-2024: A768, S460
2021-A456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 456 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, WEPRIN, OTIS, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, DINOWITZ, GLICK, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra- vated cruelty to animals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal OR WILDLIFE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 11-0103 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, OTHER THAN INSECTS, with aggravated cruelty. 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. 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing, as provided in article eleven of the environmental conserva- tion law, ACTIVITIES DEEMED TO BE SOUND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, the dispatch of rabid or diseased animals, as provided in article twenty-one of the public health law, or the dispatch of animals posing a threat to human safety or other animals, where such action is otherwise legally authorized, or any prop- erly conducted scientific tests, experiments, or investigations involv- ing the use of living animals, performed or conducted in laboratories or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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