New York S 6880: Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals during an incident of domestic violence

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S06880 Summary:

BILL NOS06880 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTEDISCO

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, OBERACKER, RHOADS, STEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Authorizes a lengthier prison sentence for a person who commits aggravated cruelty to animals during an incident of domestic violence.

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BILL NOS06880 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6880

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 aggra-
 vated cruelty to animals during an incident of domestic violence

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and
 2 markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
 5 this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
 6 one of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that any term
 7 of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a defi-
 8 nite sentence, which may not exceed two years, except that any person
 9 who commits one or more of the acts specified in subdivision one of this
 10 section during an incident of domestic violence as defined in section
 11 four hundred eighty-one-c of the social services law may be sentenced to
 12 a period not to exceed four years. For purposes of this section, "during
 13 an incident of domestic violence" includes the period of tension or
 14 stress leading up to the act or acts of domestic violence and the period
 15 following the act or acts of domestic violence.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11304-01-5

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