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Senate Bill S6812

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the animal abuse hotline

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2025-S6812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2387
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §63-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9734
2021-2022: A5642
2023-2024: A5405

2025-S6812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the animal abuse hotline.

2025-S6812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6812
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   animal abuse hotline
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  63-e
 to read as follows:
   §  63-E. ANIMAL ABUSE HOTLINE. 1. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ESTABLISH
 A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR ANIMAL ABUSE HOTLINE. THE HOTLINE SHALL  BE  A  TOLL-
 FREE  NUMBER.  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  MAY  DESIGNATE A NON-GOVERNMENTAL
 ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZING IN ANIMAL PROTECTION TO ADMINISTER THE HOTLINE
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE SECTION. THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  SHALL  TAKE
 REASONABLE  EFFORTS  TO  INFORM  THE  PUBLIC  OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
 HOTLINE.
   2. WHEN ANY ALLEGATION THAT COULD REASONABLY CONSTITUTE  A  REPORTABLE
 INCIDENT  IS RECEIVED BY THE HOTLINE, THE HOTLINE SHALL ACCEPT AND IMME-
 DIATELY TRANSMIT NOTICE OF THE REPORT ORALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY  TO  ANY
 APPROPRIATE  STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NON-GOVERN-
 MENTAL ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZING IN ANIMAL PROTECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01101-01-5

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