Assembly Bill A547

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Amends the definitions of pet dealers

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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-A547 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400, Ag & Mkts L; amd §752, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10429
2011-2012: A78
2013-2014: A2115
2015-2016: A1439
2017-2018: A465
2019-2020: A351
2021-2022: A4023
2023-2024: A1649

2025-A547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definitions of pet dealers; decreases the number of animals a person can distribute to fit under the exemption.

2025-A547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    547
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, DiPIETRO, WEPRIN, GLICK, MIKU-
   LIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business
   law, in relation to the definition of pet dealer

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 400 of the  agri-
 culture  and markets law, as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to  the  consumer
 fewer  than  [twenty-five]  FIFTEEN  animals  per year that are born and
 raised on the breeder's residential premises;
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  752  of  the  general
 business  law, as amended by chapter 168 of the laws of 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to  the  consumer
 fewer  than  [twenty-five]  FIFTEEN  animals  per year that are born and
 raised on the breeders residential premises.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision   3 of section 752  of  the  general
 business  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 683 of the laws   of   2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to  the  consumer
 fewer  than  [twenty-five]  FIFTEEN  animals  per year that are born and
 raised on the breeders residential premises.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to
 paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general business
 law made by section three of this act shall take effect on the same date
 and in the same manner as chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02085-01-5

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