New York S 1045: Makes the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal left outside a felony

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S01045 Summary:

BILL NOS01045 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTEDISCO

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COSPNSRFELDER, HELMING, MATTERA, O'MARA, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§353, 353-b & 356, add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L

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Makes the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal (dogs and cats) left outside a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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BILL NOS01045 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1045

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, FELDER, HELMING, O'MARA, WEIK -- 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 the
 provision of food, water and appropriate shelter for companion animals
 left outdoors

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 353 of the agriculture and
 2 markets law, as amended by chapter 523 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 A person who overdrives, overloads, tortures or cruelly beats or
 5 unjustifiably injures, maims, mutilates or kills any animal, whether
 6 wild or tame, and whether belonging to [himself] such person or to
 7 another, or deprives any animal, other than a companion animal, of
 8 necessary sustenance, food or drink, or neglects or refuses to furnish
 9 it such sustenance or drink, or causes, procures or permits any animal
 10 to be overdriven, overloaded, tortured, cruelly beaten, or unjustifiably
 11 injured, maimed, mutilated or killed, or, being any animal other than a
 12 companion animal, to be deprived of necessary food or drink, or who
 13 wilfully sets on foot, instigates, engages in, or in any way furthers
 14 any act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tending to produce such
 15 cruelty, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and for purposes of para-
 16 graph (b) of subdivision one of section 160.10 of the criminal procedure
 17 law, shall be treated as a misdemeanor defined in the penal law.
 18 § 2. Section 353-b of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
 19 chapter 594 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 20 § 353-b. Appropriate shelter for [dogs] companion animals left
 21 outdoors. 1. For purposes of this section:
 22 (a) "Physical condition" shall include any special medical needs of a
 23 dog due to disease, illness, injury, age or breed about which the owner
 24 or person with custody or control of [the dog] a companion animal should
 25 reasonably be aware.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02739-01-5

 S. 1045 2

 1 (b) "Inclement weather" shall mean weather conditions that are likely
 2 to adversely affect the health or safety of [the dog] a companion
 3 animal, including but not limited to rain, sleet, ice, snow, wind, or
 4 extreme heat and cold.
 5 (c) "[Dogs] Companion animals that are left outdoors" shall mean
 6 [dogs] companion animals that are outdoors in inclement weather without
 7 ready access to, or the ability to enter, a house, apartment building,
 8 office building, or any other permanent structure that complies with the
 9 standards enumerated in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this
 10 section.
 11 2. (a) Any person who owns or has custody or control of a [dog]
 12 companion animal that is left outdoors shall provide it with shelter
 13 appropriate to its breed, physical condition and the climate. Any person
 14 who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of
 15 a [violation] felony, punishable by a fine of not [less than fifty
 16 dollars nor] more than [one hundred] five thousand dollars [for a first
 17 offense, and a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
 18 two hun