New York S 6573: Requires municipal employees to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads

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S06573 Summary:

BILL NOS06573A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01698-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §377-b, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires municipal employees to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads by such municipal employees.

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BILL NOS06573A

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

05/14/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/06/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/06/2025PRINT NUMBER 6573A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1821

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

05/07/20261ST REPORT CAL.997

05/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6573--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- reported
 favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Local
 Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 377-b to read as follows:
 3 § 377-b. Recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads. Any munic-
 4 ipal employee that recovers the body of a dog or cat killed on a public
 5 road in the normal and ordinary course of the public employment or
 6 duties of such employee shall make a reasonable effort to detect indicia
 7 of ownership, such as tags, license numbers, or other such identifiers
 8 on or about the animal and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the
 9 owner or an animal management service concerning the animal's death.
 10 § 2. 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.
 LBD03746-02-5

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