Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 15, 2016 | referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1763 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 | referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 03, 2015 | referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 27, 2015 | advanced to third reading |
Apr 23, 2015 | 2nd report cal. |
Apr 22, 2015 | 1st report cal.371 |
Mar 11, 2015 | referred to agriculture |
senate Bill S4265
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Adriano Espaillat
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Rich Funke
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S4265 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6252
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018: S4163, A3844
2019-2020: S2723, A757
2021-2022: S960, A2152
2023-2024: S761, A776
S4265 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4265 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggravated cruelty to animals PURPOSE: Removes the term "serious" from the "serious physical injury" language of Section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision one of Section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law would be amended, with the term "serious" in line 3 of subdivision one struck, to read only as "...intentionally causes (serious) physical injury to a companion animal...". JUSTIFICATION: In June 2014 on Staten Island, Rocky, an English bulldog, was the victim of a terrible act of cruelty when a neighbor threw ammonia in his face in an attempt to quiet his barking. By the time they brought Rocky to the vet, he had ulcers in both his eyes and the vet wasn't sure if he would ever see again. Thankfully, Rocky was able to make a
S4265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4265 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. Subdivision 1 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is 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 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. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09753-01-5
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