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A04856 Summary:

BILL NOA04856 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01568

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SPONSORBrabenec

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §195.06-a, add §195.06-b, Pen L

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Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.

Go to top A04856 Actions:

BILL NOA04856 

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02/06/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/21/2026held for consideration in codes

Go to topA04856 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA04856 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04856 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4856

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to elevating the severity of
 the felony offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse
 and establishing the class E felony offense of injuring a police work
 dog or police work horse

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

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 195.06-a of the penal law,
 2 as added by chapter 162 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Killing a police work dog or police work horse is a class [E] D felo-
 5 ny.
 6 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.06-b to read
 7 as follows:
 8 § 195.06-b Injuring a police work dog or police work horse.
 9 A person is guilty of injuring a police work dog or police work horse
 10 when such person intentionally causes serious physical injury to a
 11 police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is in the
 12 performance of its duties and under the supervision of a police officer.
 13 For purposes of this section, "police work dog" or "police work horse,"
 14 as the case may be, shall mean any dog or horse owned or harbored by any
 15 state or municipal police department or any state or federal law
 16 enforcement agency, which has been trained to aid law enforcement offi-
 17 cers and is actually being used for police work purposes.
 18 Injuring a police work dog or police work horse is a class E felony.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect the first of November next succeeding
 20 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04321-01-5

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