Assembly Bill A1633

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony

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  • 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-A1633 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S197
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10541
2011-2012: A1632, S5083
2013-2014: A4517, S2560
2015-2016: A1596, S2936
2017-2018: A3038, S1680
2019-2020: A1834, S186
2023-2024: S96
2025-2026: S470

2021-A1633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Kirby and Quigley's Law"; expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony.

2021-A1633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1633
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SANTABARBARA, WALSH, RA, LUPARDO, BYRNE, McDO-
   NOUGH,  L. ROSENTHAL,  J. RIVERA,  LAVINE,  ABBATE,  GLICK,   BRONSON,
   STIRPE,  COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, PRETLOW, HUNTER, PICHARDO, THIELE, CUSICK,
   DAVILA, ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK, OTIS, WEPRIN, PAULIN, GUNTHER, GALEF, BENE-
   DETTO,   B. MILLER,   BLANKENBUSH,   NORRIS,   MORINELLO,   MONTESANO,
   J. M. GIGLIO,  BRABENEC,  JONES,  HAWLEY, M. MILLER, DiPIETRO, FITZPA-
   TRICK, LALOR, BARCLAY,  PALMESANO,  BARRETT,  FAHY,  HEVESI,  DICKENS,
   BARNWELL,  WILLIAMS,  DINOWITZ, RODRIGUEZ, VANEL, RICHARDSON -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A.   FRIEND, PHEFFER AMATO,  SIMON,  WOERNER  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to expand-
   ing the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to
   animals during the commission of a felony
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "Kirby and
 Quigley's Law".
   § 2. 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[,]: EITHER
   (A) with no justifiable purpose, he  or  she  intentionally  kills  or
 intentionally  causes serious physical injury, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 TWENTY-NINE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, to a companion
 animal with aggravated cruelty[.]; OR
   (B) IN THE COURSE OF COMMISSION OF A FELONY, OR  OF  IMMEDIATE  FLIGHT
 THEREFROM,  HE  OR SHE CAUSES INTENTIONAL PHYSICAL INJURY, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 OR DEATH TO A COMPANION ANIMAL.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03411-01-1

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