Senate Bill S6211C

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to wild or exotic animals

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S6211 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6836
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0103 & 11-0512, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S252, A1804

2023-S6211 - Summary

Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

2023-S6211 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6211 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6211
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  wild
   or exotic animals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6  of  section  11-0103  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e. "Wild OR EXOTIC animal" shall not  include  "companion  animal"  as
 defined  in  section  three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets
 law.  "WILD ANIMAL" MEANS INDIGENOUS, NON-DOMESTICATED ANIMALS NATIVE TO
 THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. "EXOTIC ANIMAL" MEANS A WILD ANIMAL WITH
 AN ORIGIN OF A DIFFERENT CONTINENT. Wild OR EXOTIC animal includes,  and
 is limited to, any or all of the following orders and families:
   (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians,
   (2) Felidae and all hybrids thereof, with the exception of the species
 Felis  catus (domesticated and feral cats, which shall mean domesticated
 cats that were formerly owned and that have been abandoned and that  are
 no  longer socialized, as well as offspring of such cats) and hybrids of
 Felis catus that are registered by the American Cat Fanciers Association
 or the International Cat Association provided that such cats be  without
 any wild felid parentage for a minimum of five generations,
   (3)  Canidae (with the exception of domesticated dogs and captive bred
 fennec foxes (vulpes zerda)),
   (4) Ursidae,
   (5) All reptiles that are venomous by nature, pursuant  to  department
 regulation, and the following species and orders: Burmese Python (Python
 m.  bivittatus),  Reticulated  Python (Python reticulatus), African Rock
 Python  (Python  sabae),  Green  Anaconda  (Eunectes  maurinus),  Yellow
 Anaconda  (Eunectes  notaeus),  Australian  Amethystine  Python (Morelia
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10398-03-3

co-Sponsors

2023-S6211A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6836
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0103 & 11-0512, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S252, A1804

2023-S6211A - Summary

Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

2023-S6211A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6211A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6211--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  wild
   or exotic animals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6  of  section  11-0103  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e. "Wild OR EXOTIC animal" shall not  include  "companion  animal"  as
 defined  in  section  three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets
 law.  "WILD ANIMAL" MEANS INDIGENOUS, NON-DOMESTICATED ANIMALS NATIVE TO
 THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. "EXOTIC ANIMAL" MEANS A WILD ANIMAL WITH
 AN ORIGIN OF A DIFFERENT CONTINENT. Wild OR EXOTIC animal includes,  and
 is limited to, any or all of the following GENUS, orders and families:
   (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians,
   (2) Felidae and all hybrids thereof, with the exception of the species
 Felis  catus (domesticated and feral cats, which shall mean domesticated
 cats that were formerly owned and that have been abandoned and that  are
 no  longer socialized, as well as offspring of such cats) and hybrids of
 Felis catus that are registered by the American Cat Fanciers Association
 or the International Cat Association provided that such cats be  without
 any wild felid parentage for a minimum of five generations,
   (3)  Canidae (with the exception of domesticated dogs and captive bred
 fennec foxes (vulpes zerda)),
   (4) Ursidae,
   (5) All reptiles that are venomous by nature, pursuant  to  department
 regulation, and the following species and orders: Burmese Python (Python
 m.  bivittatus),  Reticulated  Python (Python reticulatus), African Rock

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10398-04-3

co-Sponsors

2023-S6211B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6836
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0103 & 11-0512, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S252, A1804

2023-S6211B - Summary

Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

2023-S6211B - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6211B - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6211--B
     Cal. No. 614
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINEZ, GOUNARDES, MAY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  wild
   or exotic animals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6  of  section  11-0103  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e. ["Wild animal" shall not include "companion animal" as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty of the agriculture and markets law.  Wild
 animal  includes,]  "WILD  ANIMAL"  MEANS  INDIGENOUS,  NON-DOMESTICATED
 ANIMALS  NATIVE TO THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. "EXOTIC ANIMAL" MEANS
 A WILD ANIMAL WITH AN ORIGIN OF A DIFFERENT CONTINENT.  THE  TERMS  WILD
 ANIMAL AND EXOTIC ANIMAL SHALL NOT INCLUDE "COMPANION ANIMAL" AS DEFINED
 IN  SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW. WILD
 ANIMALS AND EXOTIC ANIMALS INCLUDE and [is] ARE limited to, any  or  all
 of the following orders [and], families, AND GENERA:
   (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians,
   (2) Felidae and all hybrids thereof, with the exception of the species
 Felis  catus (domesticated and feral cats, which shall mean domesticated
 cats that were formerly owned and that have been abandoned and that  are
 no  longer socialized, as well as offspring of such cats) and hybrids of
 Felis catus that are registered by the American Cat Fanciers Association
 or the International Cat Association provided that such cats be  without
 any wild felid parentage for a minimum of five generations,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2023-S6211C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6836
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0103 & 11-0512, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S252, A1804

2023-S6211C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

2023-S6211C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6211C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6211--C
     Cal. No. 540
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINEZ, GOUNARDES, MAY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered  to  first
   report,  amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a second report and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  wild
   or exotic animals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6  of  section  11-0103  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e. ["Wild animal" shall not include "companion animal" as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty of the agriculture and markets law.  Wild
 animal  includes,]  "WILD  ANIMAL"  MEANS  INDIGENOUS,  NON-DOMESTICATED
 ANIMALS  NATIVE TO THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. "EXOTIC ANIMAL" MEANS
 A WILD ANIMAL WITH AN ORIGIN OF A DIFFERENT CONTINENT.  THE  TERMS  WILD
 ANIMAL AND EXOTIC ANIMAL SHALL NOT INCLUDE "COMPANION ANIMAL" AS DEFINED
 IN  SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW. WILD
 ANIMALS AND EXOTIC ANIMALS INCLUDE and [is] ARE limited to, any  or  all
 of the following orders [and], families, AND GENERA:
   (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians,
   (2) Felidae and all hybrids thereof, with the exception of the species
 Felis  catus (domesticated and feral cats, which shall mean domesticated
 cats that were formerly owned and that have been abandoned and that  are
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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