New York A 2143: Relates to establishing a fund for the creation of affordable housing

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A02143 Summary:

BILL NOA02143 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §377-b, amd §§374, 373, 332, 117, 429, 380 & 401, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires duly incorporated humane societies, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, pet dealers, or any pound microchip stray animals before making them available for adoption.

Go to top A02143 Actions:

BILL NOA02143 

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01/15/2025referred to aging

01/24/2025reference changed to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2143

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
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 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 requir-
 ing duly incorporated humane societies, a duly incorporated society
 for the prevention of cruelty to animals, pet dealers or any pound
 maintained by or under contract or agreement with any county, city,
 town or village microchip stray dogs or cats before being adopted

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 377-b to read as follows:
 3 § 377-b. Microchipping of dogs and cats. 1. A duly incorporated humane
 4 society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to
 5 animals, or any pound maintained by or under contract or agreement with
 6 any county, city, town or village shall microchip any dog or cat found
 7 abandoned and not properly cared for, or any lost, strayed, homeless or
 8 unwanted dog or cat if no such microchip is found prior to releasing
 9 such dog or cat for adoption or returning such dog or cat to the dog or
 10 cat's owner.
 11 2. A duly incorporated humane society, a duly incorporated society for
 12 the prevention of cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained by or
 13 under contract or agreement with any county, city, town or village shall
 14 provide both written and verbal instructions on how to register or amend
 15 microchip information for animals.
 16 3. Prior to releasing such dog or cat into the custody of such new
 17 owner, a duly incorporated humane society, a duly incorporated society
 18 for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained by or
 19 under contract or agreement with any county, city, town or village shall
 20 confirm that such new owner has registered or amended such contact
 21 information with such microchip company.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A LBD02504-02-5

 A. 2143 2

 1 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 374 of the agriculture and markets law,
 2 as amended by chapter 421 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. In the absence of such findings or certification, a duly incorpo-
 5 rated humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
 6 cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained by or under contract or
 7 agreement with any county, city, town or village may after five days
 8 make available for adoption, subject to the provisions of section three
 9 hundred seventy-seven-b of this article or have humanely destroyed in
 10 accordance with the provisions of this section and subject to subdivi-
 11 sions six, eight and nine of section one hundred seventeen of this chap-
 12 ter, any animal of which possession is taken as provided for in the
 13 preceding section, unless the same is earlier redeemed by its owner.
 14 Notwithstanding the redemption periods set forth above in this subdivi-
 15 sion, any municipality may establish the duration of such periods by
 16 local law or ordinance for any cat whose owner cannot be identified by a
 17 collar, tag, microchip, tattoo or other identifying mark, provided that
 18 no such period shall be less than three days, and provided further that
 19 such cat be made available solely for the purposes of adoption, subject
 20 to