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Senate Bill S96

2023-2024 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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2023-S96 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5083
2013-2014: S2560
2015-2016: S2936
2017-2018: S1680
2019-2020: S186
2021-2022: S197
2025-2026: S470

2023-S96 (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.

2023-S96 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S96 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    96
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, HELMING, KENNEDY, O'MARA,
   SANDERS,  SEPULVEDA,  WEIK -- 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  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.
   For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean  conduct
 which:   (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done
 or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00293-01-3

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