Senate Bill S6966

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to code red, code blue, and weather alerts for companion animals during extreme weather; repealer

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Current 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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2023-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §353-d, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4577
2021-2022: S4999

2023-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to issue code red, code blue and weather alerts for unattended companion animals during extreme weather; requires owners of companion animals to bring their animals indoors whenever a code red, code blue or weather alert has been issued.

2023-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6966
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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, in relation to code red
   and blue alerts for companion animals during extreme weather;  and  to
   repeal  certain  provisions of such law relating to the confinement of
   animals in vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  353-d  of  the  agriculture  and  markets law is
 REPEALED and a new section 353-d is added to read as follows:
   § 353-D. CODE RED AND BLUE ALERTS FOR COMPANION ANIMALS DURING EXTREME
 WEATHER EVENTS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EXTREME WEATHER" SHALL MEAN:
   (I)  WHEN  TEMPERATURES  WILL  REACH  THIRTY-TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR
 LOWER WITHOUT PRECIPITATION OR FORTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT  OR  LOWER  WITH
 PRECIPITATION;
   (II) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WIND-CHILL TEMPERATURE WILL BE THIR-
 TY-TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR LESS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HOUR OR MORE;
   (III) THE HEAT INDEX IS FORECAST TO REACH EIGHTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR
 HIGHER TO NINETY-NINE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME;
   (IV)  THE  TEMPERATURES  WILL  REACH EIGHTY-FIVE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR
 HIGHER FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME;
   (V) INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO  ADVERSELY  AFFECT
 THE  HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE COMPANION ANIMAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO RAIN, SLEET, ICE, SNOW, WIND, OR EXTREME HEAT AND COLD; OR
   (VI) WHEN THERE IS A "WEATHER ALERT" FROM A BROADCAST OF THE  NATIONAL
 WEATHER  SERVICE  REGARDING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS:
 BLIZZARD WARNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OR WARNING,  SEVERE  WEATHER
 STATEMENT, TORNADO WATCH OR WARNING, WINTER STORM WATCH OR WARNING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00007-03-3
 S. 6966                             2
              

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