NY State Senate Bill S6211B

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May 16, 2023	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
May 08, 2023	amended on third reading 6211b
Apr 19, 2023	advanced to third reading
Apr 18, 2023	2nd report cal.
Apr 17, 2023	1st report cal.614
Apr 11, 2023	print number 6211a
Apr 11, 2023	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Apr 03, 2023	referred to environmental conservation

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May 16, 2023 - floor Vote

S6211B

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S6211 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6836
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0103, En Con L

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.

S6211 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6211

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to wild
or exotic animals

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to establish and expand the definition/s of
wild and exotic animals to ensure such animals and to prohibit such
animals from being imported, sold or owned.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends paragraph e of subdivision 6 of section 11-0103 of the
environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
2005, to provide a definition for exotic animal/s as a wild animal with
an origin of a different continent. This section further expands the
definition of wild animal/s to mean indigenous, non-domesticated animals
native to the country in which they live.  This section identifies

corresponding families and orders of both wild and exotic animals.

Section 2. amends paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0512 of the
environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of
2012 to prohibit exotic animals from being knowingly possessed,
harbored, sold, bartered, transferred, exchanged or imported.

Section 3. is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In Suffolk County, an illegal petting zoo turned exotic animal store was
unlawfully selling various wild and exotic animals including sloths and
kangaroos. Sloths are naturally nocturnal, mostly deaf and blind when in
sunlight. Kangaroos can grow up to six feet tall and weigh up to two
hundred pounds. Selling and owning these animals is inhumane and uneth-
ical. This bill addresses the gap in current law by establishing a defi-
nition of exotic animals, expanding the definition of wild animals, and
identifying animal families/orders that adhere to such groups. This bill
further prohibits exotic animals from being sold, harbored or owned as a
pet.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

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

 S. 6211                             2
 
 amethistina and Morelia  kinghorni),  Indian  Python  (Python  molurus),
 Asiatic  (water) Monitor (Varanus salvator), Nile Monitor (Varanus nilo-
 citus), White Throat Monitor (Varanus albigularis), Black Throat Monitor
 (Varanus albigularis ionides) and Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadori),
 Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodensis) and any hybrid thereof,
   (6) Crocodylia,
   (7)  MACROPODIDAE  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO KANGAROOS, WALLABIES,
 TREE-KANGAROOS, WALLAROOS, PADEMELONS AND QUOKKAS,
   (8) CETACEA (INCLUDING WHALES AND DOLPHINS),
   (9) ELEPHANTIDAE (ELEPHANTS),
   (10) HYAENIDAE (HYENAS),
   (11) PERISSODACTYLA (INCLUDING RHINOCEROSES, TAPIRS AND ZEBRAS),
   (12) PINNIPEDIA (INCLUDING SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES),
   (13) STRUTHIO (OSTRICHES),
   (14) CASUARIIFORMES (INCLUDING CASSOWARIES AND EMUS), AND
   (15) XENARTHRA (INCLUDING SLOTHS, ANTEATERS AND ARMADILLOS).
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0512 of  the  environ-
 mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of 2012,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a. knowingly possess, harbor,  sell,  barter,  transfer,  exchange  or
 import  any  wild  OR  EXOTIC animal for use as a pet in New York state,
 except as provided in subdivision three of this section; or
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

S6211A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6836
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0103, En Con L

S6211A - Summary

S6211A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6211A

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to wild
or exotic animals

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to establish and expand the definition/s of
wild and exotic animals to ensure such animals and to prohibit such
animals from being imported, sold or owned.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6 of section 11-0103 of the envi-
ronmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of
2005, is amended to define exotic animal/s as a wild animal with an
origin of a different continent. This section further expands the defi-
nition of wild animal/s to mean indigenous, non-domesticated animals
native to the country in which they live. This section identifies corre-

sponding families and orders of both wild and exotic animals.

Section 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0512 of the envi-
ronmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of
2012 as amended to prohibit exotic animals from being knowingly
possessed, harbored, sold, bartered, transferred, exchanged or imported.

Section 3. Is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In Suffolk County, an illegal petting zoo turned exotic animal store was
unlawfully selling various wild and exotic animals including sloths and
kangaroos. Sloths are naturally nocturnal, mostly deaf and blind when in
sunlight. Kangaroos can grow up to six feet tall and weigh up to two
hundred pounds. Selling and owning these animals is inhumane and uneth-
ical. This bill addresses the gap in current law by establishing a defi-
nition of exotic animals, expanding the definition of wild animals, and
identifying animal families/orders that adhere to such groups. This bill
further prohibits exotic animals from being sold, harbored or owned as a
pet.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

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

 S. 6211--A                          2
 
 Python  (Python  sabae),  Green  Anaconda  (Eunectes  maurinus),  Yellow
 Anaconda  (Eunectes  notaeus),  Australian  Amethystine  Python (Morelia
 amethistina and Morelia  kinghorni),  Indian  Python  (Python  molurus),
 Asiatic  (water) Monitor (Varanus salvator), Nile Monitor (Varanus nilo-
 citus), White Throat Monitor (Varanus albigularis), Black Throat Monitor
 (Varanus albigularis ionides) and Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadori),
 Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodensis) and any hybrid thereof,
   (6) Crocodylia,
   (7) MACROPODIDAE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  KANGAROOS,  WALLABIES,
 TREE-KANGAROOS, WALLAROOS, PADEMELONS AND QUOKKAS,
   (8) CETACEA (INCLUDING WHALES AND DOLPHINS),
   (9) ELEPHANTIDAE (ELEPHANTS),
   (10) HYAENIDAE (HYENAS),
   (11) PERISSODACTYLA (INCLUDING RHINOCEROSES, TAPIRS AND ZEBRAS),
   (12) PINNIPEDIA (INCLUDING SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES),
   (13) STRUTHIO (OSTRICHES),
   (14) CASUARIIFORMES (INCLUDING CASSOWARIES AND EMUS),
   (15) XENARTHRA (INCLUDING SLOTHS, ANTEATERS AND ARMADILLOS),
   (16) VIVERRIDAE (INCLUDING BEARCATS),
   (17) CYNOMYS, AND
   (18) CAPYBARAS.
   §  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0512 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of  2012,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  knowingly  possess,  harbor,  sell,  barter, transfer, exchange or
 import any wild OR EXOTIC animal for use as a pet  in  New  York  state,
 except as provided in subdivision three of this section; or
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6836
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0103, En Con L

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6211B (ACTIVE) - 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.

                                                            LBD10398-07-3
 S. 6211--B                          2
 
   (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
 amethistina  and  Morelia  kinghorni),  Indian  Python (Python molurus),
 Asiatic (water) Monitor (Varanus salvator), Nile Monitor (Varanus  nilo-
 citus), White Throat Monitor (Varanus albigularis), Black Throat Monitor
 (Varanus albigularis ionides) and Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadori),
 Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodensis) and any hybrid thereof,
   (6) Crocodylia,
   (7)  MACROPODIDAE  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO KANGAROOS, WALLABIES,
 TREE-KANGAROOS, WALLAROOS, PADEMELONS AND QUOKKAS,
   (8) CETACEA (INCLUDING WHALES AND DOLPHINS),
   (9) ELEPHANTIDAE (ELEPHANTS),
   (10) HYAENIDAE (HYENAS),
   (11) PERISSODACTYLA (INCLUDING RHINOCEROSES, TAPIRS AND ZEBRAS),
   (12) PINNIPEDIA (INCLUDING SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES),
   (13) XENARTHRA (INCLUDING SLOTHS, ANTEATERS AND ARMADILLOS),
   (14) VIVERRIDAE (INCLUDING BEARCATS),
   (15) CYNOMYS, AND
   (16) CAPYBARAS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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May 16, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 16, 2023

Apr 17, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

Committee Vote: Apr 17, 2023

Bill Amendments

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S6211 - Details

S6211 - Summary

S6211 - Sponsor Memo

S6211 - Bill Text download pdf

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S6211A - Details

S6211A - Summary

S6211A - Sponsor Memo

S6211A - Bill Text download pdf

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S6211B (ACTIVE) - Details

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S6211B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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Monica R. Martinez

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May 16, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 16, 2023

Apr 17, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

Committee Vote: Apr 17, 2023

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S6211 - Details

S6211 - Summary

S6211 - Sponsor Memo

S6211 - Bill Text download pdf

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Andrew Gounardes

Rachel May

S6211A - Details

S6211A - Summary

S6211A - Sponsor Memo

S6211A - Bill Text download pdf

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Andrew Gounardes

Rachel May

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Details

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6211B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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