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Jan 03, 2018 | referred to codes |
May 16, 2017 | reported referred to codes |
Feb 06, 2017 | referred to agriculture |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Amy Paulin
Matthew Titone
Andrew Raia
Multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Deborah Glick
Andrew Hevesi
A5050 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S620
- 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
2019-2020: A663, S5801
2021-2022: A456, S2176
2023-2024: A768, S460
A5050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5050 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, KAVANAGH, PAULIN, TITONE, RAIA, ENGLEBRIGHT, WEPRIN, OTIS, DiPIETRO, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, DINOWITZ, GLICK, HEVESI, LIFTON, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PERRY -- 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05095-01-7