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A01116 Summary:

BILL NOA01116 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRColton, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Relates to sentencing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals; removes the two year imprisonment cap.

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01/09/2025referred to aging

01/29/2025reference changed to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1116

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to sentenc-
 ing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Tucker's law".
 2 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets
 3 law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
 6 this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
 7 one of section 55.10 of the penal law [provided, however, that any term
 8 of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a defi-
 9 nite sentence, which may not exceed two years].
 10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A LBD01471-01-5

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