| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S470
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(R) 43rd Senate District
(R, C) 54th Senate District
(R, C) 58th Senate District
2025-S470 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S470
SPONSOR: TEDISCO
TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE:
To enhance laws relating to animal cruelty by including harm caused
during the commission of a felony or flight there from.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This act shall be known and may be cited as "Kirby & Quigley's Law."
Subdivision 1 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law, is
amended to criminalize the intentional physical injury or death of a
companion animal that is caused during the course of commission of a
felony or the immediate flight there from.
2025-S470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
470
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, ADDABBO, HELMING, O'MARA, SANDERS, SEPULVE-
DA, 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] SUCH PERSON 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, SUCH PERSON 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.
LBD01826-01-5
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