Senate Bill S1555

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the informed consent of the owner of a companion animal prior to euthanizing such animal

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture 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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2019-S1555 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5699
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6218, A7589
2015-2016: S1177, A2356
2017-2018: S3090, A6611
2021-2022: S6209

2019-S1555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Sir Henry's law" to require the informed consent of the owner of a companion animal prior to euthanizing such animal.

2019-S1555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1555
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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 informed
   consent of owners for euthanasia of a pet
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Sir Henry's law".
   § 2. The agriculture and markets  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 353-g to read as follows:
   §  353-G.  HUMANE  EUTHANASIA  OF  COMPANION  ANIMALS;  OWNER INFORMED
 CONSENT. 1. PRIOR TO THE HUMANE EUTHANASIA OF A COMPANION  ANIMAL  WHICH
 IS  NOT LOST, STRAYED, HOMELESS OR ABANDONED, THE VETERINARIAN, WHO WILL
 PERFORM SUCH PROCEDURE UPON THE ANIMAL, SHALL EXPLAIN TO  THE  COMPANION
 ANIMAL  OWNER, WHO GRANTS CONSENT TO HAVING THE COMPANION ANIMAL EUTHAN-
 IZED, IN A TRUTHFUL AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND MANNER:
   (A) THE VARIOUS METHODS WHICH CAN BE UTILIZED  TO  HUMANELY  EUTHANIZE
 THE COMPANION ANIMAL;
   (B) THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF EACH SUCH METHOD;
   (C) THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS UPON THE ANIMAL OF EACH SUCH METHOD;
   (D)  THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF HUMANE EUTHANASIA TO BE UTILIZED IF THE
 PREFERRED METHOD CANNOT BE HUMANELY UTILIZED, AND THE  NEGATIVE  IMPACTS
 AND RISKS OF THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD; AND
   (E)  FULLY  ANSWER  ANY  QUESTIONS THE COMPANION ANIMAL OWNER HAS WITH
 REGARD TO EUTHANIZING THE OWNER'S PET.
   2. NO COMPANION ANIMAL WHICH IS NOT LOST, STRAYED, HOMELESS  OR  ABAN-
 DONED  SHALL BE EUTHANIZED BY MEANS OF INTRACARDIAC INJECTION UNLESS THE
 ANIMAL IS HEAVILY SEDATED, ANESTHETIZED OR COMATOSE. HOWEVER, A LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN MAY  PERFORM  EUTHANASIA  BY  INTRACARDIAC  INJECTION  UPON
 ANIMALS THAT ARE NOT HEAVILY SEDATED, ANESTHETIZED OR COMATOSE ONLY WHEN
 SUCH  LICENSED  VETERINARIAN DETERMINES THAT SUCH INTRACARDIAC INJECTION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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