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A00652 Summary:

BILL NOA00652 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00950

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRBores, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §160-f, Art 13-A Art Head, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires a farm owner or operator that produces shell eggs or liquid eggs for human consumption to confine egg-laying hens in a cage-free housing system.

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BILL NOA00652 

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01/08/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 652

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BORES -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to provid-
 ing for cage-free egg production

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby
 2 finds the following:
 3 a. According to the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal
 4 Production, food animals that are treated well and provided with at
 5 least minimum accommodation of their natural behaviors and physical
 6 needs are healthier and safer for human consumption.
 7 b. A key finding from the World Health Organization and Food and Agri-
 8 cultural Organization of the United Nations Salmonella Risk Assessment
 9 was that reducing flock prevalence results in a directly proportional
 10 reduction in human health risk.
 11 c. Egg-laying hens subjected to stress are more likely to have higher
 12 levels of pathogens in their intestines and the conditions increase the
 13 likelihood that consumers will be exposed to higher levels of food-borne
 14 pathogens.
 15 d. Salmonella is the most commonly diagnosed food-borne illness in the
 16 United States.
 17 e. It is the intent of the legislature to protect consumers from the
 18 deleterious, health, safety, and welfare effects of the sale and
 19 consumption of eggs derived from egg-laying hens that are exposed to
 20 significant stress and may result in increased exposure to disease
 21 pathogens including salmonella.
 22 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 23 section 160-f to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02001-01-5

 A. 652 2

 1 § 160-f. Cage-free egg production. 1. Notwithstanding any other
 2 provision of law:
 3 a. A farm owner or operator shall not confine or cause to be confined
 4 an egg-laying hen in an enclosure other than a cage-free housing system.
 5 b. No person shall sell or contract to sell a shell egg or liquid egg
 6 for human consumption if the seller knows or should have known that the
 7 shell egg or liquid egg is the product of an egg-laying hen that was
 8 confined in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of this
 9 section, regardless of whether the shell egg or liquid egg was produced
 10 in or out of the state.
 11 2. This section shall not apply to any of the following:
 12 a. Medical research;
 13 b. Examination, testing, individual treatment, or operation for veter-
 14 inary purposes by a licensed veterinarian;
 15 c. Transportation of an egg-laying hen;
 16 d. State or county fair exhibitions and similar exhibitions;
 17 e. 4-H programs administered by the National Institute of Food and
 18 Agriculture of the United States department of agriculture and similar
 19 youth programs;
 20 f. Slaughter of an egg-laying hen in accordance with applicable laws
 21 and regulations; or
 22 g. Temporary periods for animal husbandry purposes of no more than six
 23 hours in any twenty-four-hour period, and no more than twenty-four hours
 24 in any thirty-day period.
 25 3. For purposes of this section:
 26 a. "Cage-free housing system" means an indoor or outdoor controlled
 27 environment for an egg-laying hen within which:
 28 (i) An egg-laying hen is free to roam unrestricted except by exterior
 29 walls;
 30 (ii) An egg-laying hen is provided with, at a minimum, the am