Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 28, 2020 |
committed to rules |
Jan 22, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 21, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
1st report cal.185 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to domestic animal welfare returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 04, 2019 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 07, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
May 06, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 01, 2019 |
1st report cal.552 |
Feb 11, 2019 |
committee discharged and committed to domestic animal welfare |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S94
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2019-S94 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7727
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§350 & 374, rpld & add §351, add §§351-a, 351-b, 351-c & 351-d, Ag & Mkts L; amd §70.06, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S8199
2017-2018: S251
2021-2022: S90, A696
2023-2024: S3431, A1148, A9397
2019-S94 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S94 SPONSOR: KAMINSKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law and the penal law, in relation to detecting, disrupting and dismantling violent enterprise animal cruelty and appropriately punishing individ- uals associated with such enterprise cruelty; and to repeal certain provisions of the agriculture and markets law relating thereto PURPOSE: This bill seeks to clarify and enhance the animal crimes laws of New York State as they pertain to animal fighting. It does so by introducing a new felony level offense for enterprise animal fighting, consolidating definitions, stratifying levels of offense, altering penalty classifica- tions, and harmonizing provisions with the criminal procedure law and the penal law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill predominately dissects and modifies the existing section 351 of
2019-S94 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 94 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS -- 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 and the penal law, in relation to detecting, disrupting and dismantling violent enterprise animal cruelty and appropriately punishing individuals associated with such enterprise cruelty; and to repeal certain provisions of the agri- culture and markets law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 350 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows: 6. "ANIMAL FIGHTING" MEANS ANY FIGHT BETWEEN ANIMALS, OR BETWEEN ANY ANIMAL AND A PERSON OR PERSONS, FOR AMUSEMENT OR GAIN. THE TERM SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS OF A KIND COMMONLY FEATURED AT RODEOS. 7. "ANIMAL FIGHTING PARAPHERNALIA" MEANS EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTS, OR MATE- RIALS OF ANY KIND THAT ARE USED, INTENDED FOR USE, OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN THE TRAINING, PREPARATION, CONDITIONING OR FURTHERANCE OF ANIMAL FIGHTING. ANIMAL FIGHTING PARAPHERNALIA INCLUDES (I) A BREAKING STICK, WHICH MEANS A DEVICE DESIGNED FOR INSERTION BEHIND THE MOLARS OF A DOG FOR THE PURPOSE OF BREAKING THE DOG'S GRIP ON ANOTHER ANIMAL OR OBJECT, (II) A CAT MILL, WHICH MEANS A DEVICE THAT ROTATES AROUND A CENTRAL SUPPORT WITH ONE ARM DESIGNED TO SECURE A DOG AND ONE ARM DESIGNED TO SECURE A CAT, RABBIT, OR OTHER SMALL ANIMAL BEYOND THE GRASP OF THE DOG, (III) A TREADMILL, WHICH MEANS AN EXERCISE DEVICE CONSISTING OF AN ENDLESS BELT ON WHICH THE ANIMAL WALKS OR RUNS WITHOUT CHANGING PLACES, (IV) A SPRINGPOLE, WHICH MEANS A BITING SURFACE ATTACHED TO A STRETCHA- BLE DEVICE, SUSPENDED AT A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT A DOG FROM REACHING THE BITING SURFACE WHILE TOUCHING THE GROUND, (V) A FIGHTING PIT, WHICH MEANS A WALLED AREA, OR OTHERWISE DEFINED AREA, DESIGNED TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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