New York A 10826: Relates to establishing the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020

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A10826 Summary:

BILL NOA10826 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08030

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Add §390.25, CP L; add §60.14, Pen L; add §§347.2 & 353.8, Fam Ct Act

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Requires principals convicted of certain animal cruelty offenses undergo a presentencing forensic psychological evaluation and a report be submitted to the court based on such evaluation and to attend counseling, humane education, a rehabilitation program, or other such treatment based on such report.

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BILL NOA10826 

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04/01/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10826

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the penal law and the family
 court act, in relation to requiring principals convicted of certain
 animal cruelty offenses undergo a presentencing forensic psychological
 evaluation and a report be submitted to the court based on such evalu-
 ation and to attend treatment based on such report

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 390.25 to read as follows:
 3 § 390.25 Requirement of forensic psychological evaluation report; animal
 4 cruelty.
 5 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 6 the following meanings:
 7 (a) "forensic psychological evaluation" means an evaluation conducted
 8 by a mental health professional trained in forensic evaluation.
 9 (b) "mental health professional" means a person licensed under article
 10 one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four, or one hundred sixty-
 11 three of the education law.
 12 (c) "defendant", "conviction" and "sentence" includes, respectively,
 13 an "eligible youth", a "youthful offender finding" and a "youthful
 14 offender sentence" as those terms are defined in section 720.10 of this
 15 chapter.
 16 2. (a) In any case where the defendant is convicted of any offense
 17 enumerated in section three hundred fifty-three, three hundred fifty-
 18 three-a, or three hundred fifty-six of the agriculture and markets law
 19 or subdivision four of section 130.20 of the penal law, the court must
 20 order that the defendant submit to a forensic psychological evaluation.
 21 The mental health professional performing such evaluation shall submit a
 22 report of their findings to the court prior to sentencing.
 23 (b) In any case where the defendant is convicted of any offense
 24 enumerated in article twenty-six of the agriculture and markets law
 25 other than section three hundred fifty-three, three hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13084-01-5

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 1 fifty-three-a, or three hundred fifty-six, the court may order that the
 2 defendant submit to a forensic psychological evaluation. The mental
 3 health professional performing such evaluation shall submit a report of
 4 their findings and recommendations to the court prior to sentencing.
 5 3. A forensic psychological evaluation ordered by the court under this
 6 section shall include, but not be limited to, the mental health profes-
 7 sional performing such evaluation endeavoring to identify:
 8 (a) any causal factors underlying the animal cruelty offense;
 9 (b) a risk assessment of the defendant's likelihood to recidivate and
 10 any risk the defendant poses to the community at large; and
 11 (c) sentencing recommendations for any counseling, humane education,
 12 rehabilitation program, or other treatment which may address the under-
 13 lying causal factors of the offense, or reduce the risk, if any, the
 14 defendant poses to animals or to the community.
 15 4. All costs of the forensic psychological evaluation shall be borne
 16 by the defendant. However, if the court determines the defendant is
 17 indigent, the state shall bear the cost of such evaluation.
 18 § 2. The penal law is