New York S 6380: Permits pharmacies to employ unlicensed assistants

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S06380 Summary:

BILL NOS06380B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00165-B

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L

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Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs; prohibits inhumane tethering, including during dangerous weather conditions when a weather alert, advisory or warning is in effect; provides for civil penalties for violations.

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BILL NOS06380B

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03/12/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

05/19/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

05/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 6380A

06/01/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

06/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 6380B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6380--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to outdoor
 restraint of dogs

 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 353-g to read as follows:
 3 § 353-g. Outdoor restraint of dogs. Definitions. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section:
 5 (a) "Tether" shall mean to restrain a dog by attaching the dog to any
 6 object or structure, including without limitation a house, tree, fence,
 7 post, garage, or shed, by any means, including without limitation a
 8 chain, rope, cord, leash, or running line. Tethering does not include
 9 the use of a leash to walk a dog or circumstances where a dog is other-
 10 wise accompanied by a person who owns or has custody or control of the
 11 dog.
 12 (b) "Dangerous weather conditions" shall mean inclement weather as
 13 defined in section three hundred fifty-three-b of this article, condi-
 14 tions described in a weather alert, advisory or other warning issued by
 15 a local, state or federal authority, or when outside weather conditions,
 16 including but not limited to extreme heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or
 17 hail, pose an adverse risk to the health or safety of a dog based on
 18 breed, age, and physical condition, in accordance with the industry
 19 standard set forth in the Tufts Animal Care and Condition Weather Safety
 20 Scale. Extreme heat and cold limitations shall mean an ambient temper-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00938-07-6

 S. 6380--B 2

 1 ature of eighty degrees Fahrenheit and thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit,
 2 respectively.
 3 (c) "Shelter" shall mean conditions that comply with the minimum stan-
 4 dards established for the appropriate shelter for dogs left outdoors
 5 pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three-b of this article.
 6 (d) "Inhumane tethering" shall include the following:
 7 (i) Continuous exposure to animal waste, garbage, or noxious odors,
 8 provided that a dog may be exposed to their own waste so long as any
 9 such waste produced prior to tethering was cleared prior to the dog
 10 being tethered;
 11 (ii) Recurrent or continual taunting, prodding, or provoking;
 12 (iii) Exposure to physical harm or the threat of physical harm;
 13 (iv) Exposure to dangerous conditions, including potential attacks by
 14 other animals and exposure to objects that could injure or kill a dog;
 15 (v) Exposure to dangerous weather conditions;
 16 (vi) Any tethering not in compliance with paragraph (a) of subdivision
 17 two of this section that results in a dog becoming entangled;
 18 (vii) Being tethered to a vacant property; or
 19 (viii) Any tethering that could reasonably lead to the distress, inju-
 20 ry, or death of the dog.
 21 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contra