New York S 4613: Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals

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S04613 Summary:

BILL NOS04613 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05815

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SPONSORWEIK

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§352.3, 446, 551, 656, 759, 842 & 1056, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L; amd §§240 & 252, Dom
Rel L

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Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals; provides further protection for pets by authorizing the court to order a party to either relinquish a pet or to refrain from any contact with a pet.

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BILL NOS04613 

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4613

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the criminal procedure law and the
 domestic relations law, in relation to an order of protection with
 respect to companion animals

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 352.3 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 261 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (1) Upon the issuance of an order pursuant to section 315.3 or the
 5 entry of an order of disposition pursuant to section 352.2, a court may
 6 enter an order of protection against any respondent for good cause
 7 shown. The order may require that the respondent: (a) stay away from the
 8 home, school, business or place of employment of the victims of the
 9 alleged offense; or (b) refrain from harassing, intimidating, threaten-
 10 ing or otherwise interfering with the victim or victims of the alleged
 11 offense and such members of the family or household of such victim or
 12 victims as shall be specifically named by the court in such order; or
 13 (c) refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without justifica-
 14 tion, any companion animal the respondent knows to be owned, possessed,
 15 leased, kept or held by the [person protected by the order] petitioner
 16 or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's or
 17 respondent's household; or (d) refrain from remotely controlling any
 18 connected devices affecting the home, vehicle or property of the person
 19 protected by the order. Such order may also grant the petitioner the
 20 exclusive care, custody or control of any animal that is owned,
 21 possessed, leased, kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
 22 minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner or
 23 respondent, and order the respondent to stay away from the animal and
 24 forbid the respondent from taking, transferring, concealing, harming, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00650-01-5

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 1 otherwise disposing of the animal. "Companion animal", as used in this
 2 subdivision, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision five of
 3 section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law.
 4 "Connected device", as used in this subdivision, shall mean any device,
 5 or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the internet,
 6 directly or indirectly, and that is assigned an internet protocol
 7 address or bluetooth address.
 8 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (h) of section 446 of the family court
 9 act, as amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 10 as follows:
 11 1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without justi-
 12 fication, any companion animal the respondent knows to be owned,
 13 possessed, leased, kept or held by the [person protected by the order]
 14 petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
 15 or respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner the
 16 exclusive care, custody or control of any animal that is owned,
 17 possessed, leased, kept or held by the petit