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Assembly Bill A2019

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals

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2025-A2019 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S703
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6252, S4265
2017-2018: A3844, S4163
2019-2020: A757, S2723
2021-2022: A2152, S960
2023-2024: A776, S761

2025-A2019 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the requirement that injury be serious with respect to aggravated cruelty to animals.

2025-A2019 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2019
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, STERN -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M.  of A.   HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agri-
   culture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  aggra-
   vated cruelty to animals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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,  with  no
 justifiable  purpose,  [he  or  she]  SUCH PERSON intentionally kills or
 intentionally causes [serious] physical injury  to  a  companion  animal
 with  aggravated  cruelty.    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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02486-01-5

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