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Assembly Bill A1645

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats

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2025-A1645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7330
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §239-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9137
2021-2022: A636
2023-2024: A3505, S7287

2025-A1645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats on their website.

2025-A1645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1645
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  higher
   education  research  facilities  to make available certain information
   regarding the adoption of dogs or cats

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 239-b of the education law, as
 added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new  subdivi-
 sion 4 is added to read as follows:
   2.  A  facility  that  is  required to offer dogs or cats for adoption
 under this section may enter into an agreement with an animal rescue and
 shelter organization, a duly incorporated society for the prevention  of
 cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane society, or a duly incor-
 porated  animal  protective  association  that  operates physical animal
 sheltering facilities and  offers  household  pets  to  the  public  for
 adoption  by  way  of an established adoption program[.], THAT IS EXEMPT
 FROM TAXES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 501 OF
 THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, 26  U.S.C.  501,  OR  ANY  SUBSEQUENT
 CORRESPONDING  SECTIONS  OF  THE  FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS FROM
 TIME TO TIME AMENDED.
   4. A FACILITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO OFFER  DOGS  OR  CATS  FOR  ADOPTION
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE FACILITY'S WEBSITE:
   (A)  AN  ADOPTION  POLICY  THAT  DETAILS  THE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT SUCH
 FACILITY TAKES TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A DOG OR CAT DEEMED  SUIT-
 ABLE FOR ADOPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (B)  BEGINNING  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, A REPORT THAT
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR  THE
 PRECEDING YEAR:
   (I)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DOGS  AND  CATS THE FACILITY RELEASED FOR
 ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04410-01-5

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