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                                    470
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 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