Senate Bill S2273

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires pet dealers and pet shops to provide certain breeder and health information to purchasers of animals

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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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2021-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A776
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Ag & Mkts L; amd §17-1704, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6769, A8830
2023-2024: S1565

2021-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires pet dealers and pet shops to provide certain breeder and health information to purchasers of animals.

2021-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2273
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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  administrative
   code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring pet dealers and
   pet  shops  to  provide  certain  breeder  and  health  information to
   purchasers of animals
 
   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 "Byron's law".
   § 2. Section 402 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chap-
 ter  259 of the laws of 2000, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 110 of
 the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   § 402. Records of purchase and sale. Each pet dealer  shall  keep  and
 maintain  records  for  each  animal purchased, acquired, held, sold, or
 otherwise disposed of. The records shall include the following:
   1. The name and address of AND A  TELEPHONE  CONTACT  NUMBER  FOR  the
 person  from  whom each animal was acquired. If the person from whom the
 animal was obtained is a dealer licensed by the United States department
 of agriculture, the person's name, address, and federal dealer identifi-
 cation number. If the person from whom the  animal  was  obtained  is  a
 dealer licensed by the department, the person's name, address, and state
 dealer identification number. In the case of cats, if a cat is placed in
 the  custody or possession of the pet dealer and the source of origin is
 unknown, the pet dealer shall state the source  of  origin  as  unknown,
 accompanied  by the date, time, and location of receipt. Notwithstanding
 the provisions of this subdivision, no pet dealer shall  knowingly  buy,
 sell,  exhibit, transport, or offer for sale, exhibition, or transporta-
 tion any stolen animal. No pet dealer shall knowingly sell  any  cat  or
 dog younger than eight weeks of age.
   2.  The  original  source  of each animal if different than the person
 recorded in subdivision one of this section.

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

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