Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to agriculture |
Jan 09, 2023 |
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Assembly Bill A399
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Current 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
Donna Lupardo
Jeffrey Dinowitz
William Colton
Andrew Hevesi
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Deborah Glick
David McDonough
Fred Thiele
2023-A399 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A399 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the creation of a crime database of all convictions in New York state of animal cruelty, fighting, neglect, abandonment and mistreatment; makes such crime database available to all law enforcement entities, district attorneys, duly incorporated humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, dog or cat protective associations and animal control officers.
2023-A399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 399 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, DINOWITZ, COLTON, HEVESI, BENEDETTO, OTIS, STIRPE, HUNTER, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, STERN -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of an animal cruelty and animal fighting database THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. Studies in psychology, sociology and criminology have demonstrated that violent offenders frequently have childhood and adolescent histories of serious and repeated animal cruel- ty. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recognized this connection since the 1970s when its analysis of the lives of serial killers suggested that most had killed or tortured animals during their life. Other research has shown consistent patterns of animal cruelty among perpetrators of more common forms of violence, including child abuse, spousal abuse, and elder abuse, leading the American Psychiatric Associ- ation to consider animal cruelty as one of the diagnostic criteria of conduct disorder. § 2. Section 837-w of the executive law, as added by chapter 219 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered 837-x and a new section 837-y is added to read as follows: § 837-Y. ANIMAL CRUELTY DATABASE. 1. THE DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A CRIME DATABASE OF ALL CONVICTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL FIGHTING, ANIMAL NEGLECT, ANIMAL ABANDONMENT, AND MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE AGRI- CULTURE AND MARKETS LAW AND THE PENAL LAW WHERE DATA OF SUCH CRIMES SHALL BE COLLECTED AND DISPLAYED IN A MANNER THAT FACILITATES ANALYSIS AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, CONVICTIONS SHALL ALSO INCLUDE PLEAS TO A CHARGE OTHER THAN ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL FIGHTING, ANIMAL NEGLECT, ANIMAL ABANDONMENT, AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00824-01-3
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