New York S 470: Provides that freestanding diagnostic and treatment centers receiving comprehensive family planning reproductive health services grants, shall be eligible for state aid for indigent care

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S00470 Summary:

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, HELMING, O'MARA, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, WEIK

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Enacts "Kirby and Quigley's Law"; expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 470

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, ADDABBO, HELMING, O'MARA, SANDERS, SEPULVE-
 DA, WEIK -- 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 expand-
 ing the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to
 animals during the commission of a felony

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Kirby and
 2 Quigley's Law".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 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 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when[,]: either
 7 (a) with no justifiable purpose, [he or she] such person intentionally
 8 kills or intentionally causes serious physical injury, as defined in
 9 subdivision twenty-nine of section one hundred eight of this chapter, to
 10 a companion animal with aggravated cruelty[.]; or
 11 (b) in the course of commission of a felony, or of immediate flight
 12 therefrom, such person causes intentional physical injury, as defined in
 13 subdivision twenty-eight of section one hundred eight of this chapter,
 14 or death to a companion animal.
 15 For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct
 16 which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done
 17 or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01826-01-5

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