New York S 197: Relates to the sentencing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals

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S00197 Summary:

BILL NOS00197 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03050

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY,
 OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years.

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BILL NOS00197 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/18/20251ST REPORT CAL.571

03/19/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/20/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/08/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.511

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2026PASSED SENATE

05/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/05/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 197

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, ADDABBO, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
 GALLIVAN, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, PALUMBO, ROLISON, TEDISCO, WEBER
 -- 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 sentenc-
 ing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Tucker's law".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets
 4 law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
 7 this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
 8 one of section 55.10 of the penal law [provided, however, that any term
 9 of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a defi-
 10 nite sentence, which may not exceed two years].
 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00764-01-5

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