Assembly Bill A142

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting animal hatching projects in schools

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Archive: Last 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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2021-A142 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §809, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6905
2019-2020: A58
2023-2024: A104
2025-2026: A140

2021-A142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting school districts, school principals, administrators, or teachers from requiring, permitting, or conducting a lesson or experimental study using an animal in a hatching project.

2021-A142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    142
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ, PAULIN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  animal  hatching
   projects
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  809  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  NO  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, ADMINISTRATOR, OR TEACHER
 SHALL REQUIRE, PERMIT, OR CONDUCT A LESSON OR EXPERIMENTAL  STUDY  USING
 AN  ANIMAL IN A HATCHING PROJECT IN ANY SUCH SCHOOL OR DURING ANY ACTIV-
 ITY CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  WHETHER  OR  NOT  THE
 ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE ON THE PREMISES OF SUCH SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00304-01-1

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