Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to codes |
May 23, 2023 |
reported referred to codes |
May 18, 2023 |
print number 768a |
May 18, 2023 |
amend and recommit to agriculture |
Jan 11, 2023 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A768A
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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Amy Paulin
David Weprin
Steven Otis
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Deborah Glick
Andrew Hevesi
2023-A768 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S460
- 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
2021-2022: A456, S2176
2023-A768 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 768 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, PAULIN, WEPRIN, OTIS, FAHY, SANTABARBARA, ZINERMAN, KELLES, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, DINOWITZ, GLICK, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH -- 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 institutions approved for such purposes by the commissioner of health pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three of this article. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Amy Paulin
David Weprin
Steven Otis
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Deborah Glick
Andrew Hevesi
2023-A768A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S460
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
A6077
2011-2012: A1843
2013-2014: A238, S4347
2015-2016: A957, S1270
2017-2018: A5050, S620
2019-2020: A663, S5801
2021-2022: A456, S2176
2023-A768A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 768--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, PAULIN, WEPRIN, OTIS, FAHY, SANTABARBARA, ZINERMAN, KELLES, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, DINOWITZ, GLICK, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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, OR TAKING as provided in article eleven of the environ- mental conservation law, ACTIVITIES DEEMED TO BE SOUND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, OR REASONABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANAGING PESTS THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00711-02-3
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