New York S 250: Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions

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S00250 Summary:

BILL NOS00250 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01966

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law.

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BILL NOS00250 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 250

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 aggra-
 vated cruelty to animals

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 353-a of the agriculture
 2 and markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no
 5 justifiable purpose, [he or she] such person intentionally kills or
 6 intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal or
 7 wildlife, as defined in subdivision six of section 11-0103 of the envi-
 8 ronmental conservation law, other than insects, with aggravated cruelty.
 9 For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct
 10 which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done
 11 or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
 12 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
 13 interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping,
 14 [or] fishing, or taking as provided in article eleven of the environ-
 15 mental conservation law, activities deemed to be sound agricultural
 16 practices pursuant to section three hundred eight of this chapter, or
 17 reasonable activities for the purpose of managing pests that is in
 18 accordance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, the
 19 dispatch of rabid or diseased animals, as provided in article twenty-one
 20 of the public health law, or the dispatch of animals posing a threat to
 21 human safety or other animals, where such action is otherwise legally
 22 authorized, or any properly conducted scientific tests, experiments, or
 23 investigations involving the use of living animals, performed or
 24 conducted in laboratories or institutions approved for such purposes by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00637-01-5

 S. 250 2

 1 the commissioner of health pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three
 2 of this article.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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