New York S 8211: Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles

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S08211 Summary:

BILL NOS08211B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08555-C

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §425 sub 17, amd §§420, 422, 427, 429, 431 & 109, Ag & Mkts L

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Clarifies the standard of care for animals held in or being transported by animal shelters including the length of time and conditions such animal may be exposed to.

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BILL NOS08211B

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05/21/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/05/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

03/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 8211A

05/13/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

05/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 8211B

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1634

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8211--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to stand-
 ards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal
 shelters; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating there-
 to

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 420 of the agriculture and markets
 2 law, as added by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 6. "Animal shelter" shall mean a public or not-for-profit entity
 5 owning, operating, or otherwise maintaining a building, structure, or
 6 facility where temporary or permanent housing and care is provided to
 7 stray, abandoned, abused, seized, impounded, owner-surrendered or other-
 8 wise unwanted animals regardless of whether or not such facility also
 9 serves as a personal residence. This includes but is not limited to:
 10 facilities owned, operated, or maintained by a duly incorporated society
 11 for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane soci-
 12 ety dog or cat protective association, or pound; any person in the
 13 employ of, or organization operated by or under contract to a munici-
 14 pality to provide care for seized or impounded animals; or any other
 15 not-for-profit organization involved in the protection, care, or rehom-
 16 ing of animals. Unless otherwise provided in this article, the term
 17 "animal shelter" shall not include the personal residence of any foster
 18 care provider as defined in this section; a facility commonly known as a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13059-09-6

 S. 8211--B 2

 1 boarding kennel, where the ownership of the animal is not transferred;
 2 any entity licensed as a pet dealer pursuant to article twenty-six-A of
 3 this chapter; any duly incorporated animal hospital owned, operated or
 4 supervised by a duly licensed veterinarian; [or] any facility where the
 5 owner or operator is licensed by the New York state department of envi-
 6 ronmental conservation as a nuisance wildlife control agent or wildlife
 7 rehabilitator; or any municipality as defined in section one hundred
 8 eight of this chapter, that establishes and maintains a pound or shelter
 9 pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred fourteen of this
 10 chapter that impounds less than five dogs annually and harbors not more
 11 than any two dogs at the same time.
 12 § 2. Section 422 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
 13 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 14 5. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any
 15 veterinarian or veterinary t