Senate Bill S8084

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes an animal abuser registry

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S8084 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§403 & 421, add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L

2025-S8084 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an animal abuser registry; requires background checks for pet store and animal shelter licenses.

2025-S8084 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8084
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  estab-
   lishing an animal abuser registry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 403 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  THE  APPLICABLE LICENSE ISSUER PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK AS PART OF  EVERY  APPLICATION  AND
 RENEWAL  AGAINST  THE  ANIMAL  ABUSER  REGISTRY  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-G OF THIS CHAPTER AND SHALL NOT  ISSUE
 OR RENEW A LICENSE TO AN APPLICANT OR LICENSEE WHO IS ON SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the agriculture and markets law,
 as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefund-
 able fee of one hundred fifty dollars, EXCEPT THAT THOSE PET DEALERS WHO
 ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE ANIMALS IN A YEAR.
   §  3. Subdivision 5 of section 421 of the agriculture and markets law,
 as added by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 8 is added to read as follows:
   5. Such license shall be renewable annually, upon  the  payment  of  a
 nonrefundable fee of one hundred fifty dollars, EXCEPT THAT THOSE ANIMAL
 SHELTERS WHO ADOPT OUT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE ANIMALS IN A YEAR.
   8.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  RUN  A BACKGROUND CHECK AS PART OF EVERY
 APPLICATION AND RENEWAL AGAINST THE ANIMAL ABUSER  REGISTRY  ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE-G OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 SHALL NOT ISSUE OR RENEW A LICENSE TO AN APPLICANT OR LICENSEE WHO IS ON
 SUCH REGISTRY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11622-02-5
 S. 8084                             2
              

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