New York A 871: Makes certain sex offenses committed against a child class A-I felonies subject to a sentence of imprisonment of 25 years to life; repealer

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A00871 Summary:

BILL NOA00871 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRWeprin

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MLTSPNSRColton, Cook, McDonough

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Add §819, Ed L

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Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists; defines vivisection to mean experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure.

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BILL NOA00871 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 871

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
 A. COLTON, COOK, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting vivisec-
 tion at colleges and universities in the state where a scientifically
 and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 819. Vivisection prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section:
 4 (a) "Vivisection" means experimentation through surgery on a living
 5 organism to view living internal structure.
 6 (b) "Scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy"
 7 means a teaching method or strategy that accomplishes the goal of the
 8 proposed education or training or teaching method or strategy that is
 9 used by a majority of other institutions of higher education to accom-
 10 plish the same goal.
 11 2. Vivisection is prohibited at all colleges, universities, profes-
 12 sional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where an alterna-
 13 tive scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy
 14 exists.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02961-01-5

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