Assembly Bill A107

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing animals as sentient beings

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A107 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §386, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4609
2023-2024: A41

2025-A107 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that animals are sentient beings capable of experiencing pain, stress, and fear; establishes an animal can be a victim of a crime.

2025-A107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    107
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, KELLES -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  estab-
   lishing animals as sentient beings
 
   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 386 to read as follows:
   § 386. ANIMALS AS SENTIENT BEINGS.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES
 THAT  ANIMALS  ARE SENTIENT BEINGS CAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING PAIN, STRESS,
 AND FEAR. IT IS THE POLICY OF NEW YORK THAT, IN ORDER TO PROTECT ANIMALS
 FROM EXPERIENCING PAIN, STRESS, OR FEAR AT HUMAN HANDS, ANIMALS  ARE  TO
 BE  TREATED  HUMANELY.  FOR THAT REASON, ANIMALS SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE
 VICTIMS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY CRIMES AND SHALL BE TREATED AS SUCH IN A COURT
 OF LAW.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00662-01-5

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