New York A 1630: Establishes the crimes of sexual conduct with an animal resulting in injury or death and sexual conduct with an animal

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A01630 Summary:

BILL NOA01630 

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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 §§353-g & 353-h, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes the crimes of sexual conduct with an animal resulting in injury or death and sexual conduct with an animal; makes such crimes a class E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively.

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BILL NOA01630 

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01/10/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1630

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 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 estab-
 lishing the crimes of sexual conduct with an animal resulting in inju-
 ry or death and sexual conduct with an animal

 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 353-g to read as follows:
 3 § 353-g. Sexual conduct with an animal resulting in injury or death.
 4 1. A person is guilty of sexual conduct with an animal resulting in
 5 injury or death when such person engages in sexual conduct with an
 6 animal which results in the injury or death of such animal. For the
 7 purposes of this section, "sexual conduct" shall have the same meaning
 8 as provided in section 130.00 of the penal law.
 9 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
 10 interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in any properly
 11 conducted scientific tests, experiments, or investigations involving the
 12 use of living animals, performed or conducted in laboratories or insti-
 13 tutions approved for such purposes by the commissioner of health pursu-
 14 ant to section three hundred fifty-three of this article.
 15 3. Sexual conduct with an animal resulting in injury or death is a
 16 felony. A defendant convicted of this offense shall be sentenced pursu-
 17 ant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 55.10 of the penal
 18 law.
 19 4. In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to subdivision three of
 20 this section, the court shall order a person convicted of violating this
 21 section to:
 22 (a) relinquish and permanently forfeit custody of all animals under
 23 such person's ownership, possession, control, or residing in such
 24 person's household to a pound, duly incorporated society for the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04166-01-5

 A. 1630 2

 1 prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society, or
 2 duly incorporated animal protective association, or if such person is
 3 not the owner of such animal or animals, then such animal or animals
 4 shall be returned to the owner of such animal or animals;
 5 (b) be permanently prohibited from harboring, owning, possessing, or
 6 exercising control over any animal, residing in any household where
 7 animals are present, or working or volunteering in a place where such
 8 person has unsupervised access to animals;
 9 (c) reimburse the pound, duly incorporated society for the prevention
 10 of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society, or duly incor-
 11 porated animal protective association for any reasonable costs incurred
 12 for the care and maintenance of the animal involved in such violation in
 13 addition to any other animals relinquished to such pound, duly incorpo-
 14 rated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorpo-
 15 rated humane society, or duly incorporated animal protective association
 16 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and
 17 (d) where the animal was injured as a result of such violation, pay
 18 the costs of any veterinary medical treatment or rehabilitation needed
 19 as a result of such injury.
 20 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 21 section 353-h to read as follows:
 22 § 353-h. Sexual condu