New York A 1939: Limits animal dealers exempt under the provision of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs

Status: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1939

Sponsors: Linda Rosenthal

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A01939 Summary:

BILL NOA01939 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Amd §107, Ag & Mkts L

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Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities.

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BILL NOA01939 

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01/14/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1939

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting
 the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such
 law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets
 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of
 3 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
 5 any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
 6 raising dogs for profit and licensed as a class A dealer under the
 7 Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, provided such dealer sells dogs
 8 exclusively to USDA registered research facilities, or research facili-
 9 ties with a Public Health Services approved Animal Welfare Assurance
 10 from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the National Institute
 11 of Health and to agencies of the federal government that are exempt from
 12 the Animal Welfare Act and foreign entities lawfully engaged in
 13 research.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05224-01-5

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