Assembly Bill A1291

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A1291 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1648
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5820

2025-A1291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.

2025-A1291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1291
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to authorizing
   bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (u)  of subdivision 4 of section 510.10 of the
 criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of subpart B of part UU of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new  paragraph  (v)  is
 added to read as follows:
   (u)  criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in
 subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale of
 a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the  penal  law[.];
 OR
   (V)  AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE-A OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   § 2. Subparagraph (xxi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section
 530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart C
 of  part  UU  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new
 subparagraph (xxii) is added to read as follows:
   (xxi) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree  as  defined
 in subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale
 of  a  firearm  to  a  minor  as  defined in section 265.16 of the penal
 law[.]; OR
   (XXII) AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO  ANIMALS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-A OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   §  3. Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the criminal
 procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart B of part UU of  chapter
 56  of  the laws of 2022, is amended and a new paragraph (v) is added to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03829-01-5
 A. 1291                             2

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