New York S 3491: Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child

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S03491 Summary:

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SAME ASSAME AS A00690

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child; increases the potential term of imprisonment from two to four years when such crime is committed in the presence of a child; defines presence of a child.

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3491

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 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 in the presence of a child

 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 in the presence of a child may be sentenced to a period not to
 11 exceed four years. For purposes of this section, "in the presence of a
 12 child" shall mean in the physical presence of a child under the age of
 13 eighteen knowing or having reason to know that child is present and may
 14 see or hear such act.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02564-01-5

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