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Senate Bill S7350

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals

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2025-S7350 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6397
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5114, A5504
2017-2018: S6183, A4813
2019-2020: S1118, A5691
2021-2022: S4574, A6923
2023-2024: S3088, A5184

2025-S7350 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include serious physical injuries or the use of a weapon.

2025-S7350 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7350 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7350
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MURRAY -- 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 enhanced
   penalties for aggravated 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 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY; [or] (ii) is done or carried out in an
 especially depraved or sadistic manner; OR (III) IS COMMITTED  WITH  THE
 USE OF A WEAPON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05583-01-5

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