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A01557 Summary:

BILL NOA01557 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRPaulin, Lavine, Colton, Simon, Glick, Simone, Williams, Romero

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §352, Ag & Mkts L

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Prohibits certain acts in rodeos; imposes penalties for the violation of such acts.

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BILL NOA01557 

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01/10/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1557

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, LAVINE, COLTON, SIMON, GLICK,
 SIMONE, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agri-
 culture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 prohibition of certain acts in rodeos

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 352 to read as follows:
 3 § 352. Use of animals in rodeos. 1. For the purposes of this section:
 4 (a) "Calf roping" shall mean capturing a calf with a lasso and binding
 5 its feet or allowing it to run free.
 6 (b) "Electric prod" shall mean a handheld device used to make cattle
 7 or other livestock move by striking or poking such animal with such
 8 device which shocks such animal with a high voltage, low current elec-
 9 tric shock.
 10 (c) "Flank strap" or "bucking strap" shall mean a strap or rope which
 11 is tightly cinched around the abdomen of a horse or bull causing such
 12 animal to buck.
 13 (d) "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability
 14 company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust, estate or any
 15 other legal entity, and any officer, member, shareholder, director,
 16 employee, agent or representative of any such entity.
 17 (e) "Rodeo" shall mean a public exhibition in which skills such as
 18 riding bulls or broncos, or roping animals, are displayed.
 19 (f) "Spur with a fixed or sharpened rowel" shall mean a sharp prod
 20 fixed to the heel of the rider of an animal which is used to enhance or
 21 increase the intensity of the bucking of the animal.
 22 2. No person in a rodeo shall:
 23 (a) engage in calf roping;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04090-01-5

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 1 (b) use flank straps or bucking straps on horses, bulls, cattle, or
 2 other livestock;
 3 (c) use electric prods on horses, bulls, cattle, or other livestock;
 4 or
 5 (d) use spurs with fixed or sharpened rowels on horses, bulls, cattle,
 6 or other livestock.
 7 3. (a) Any person that violates the provisions of this section, or any
 8 rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, may be assessed, by the
 9 commissioner, a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for
 10 each such violation. Each violation and each day during which a
 11 violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
 12 (b) Any person that violates the provisions of this section, shall
 13 have any permit or license to operate as a rodeo revoked.
 14 4. Any venue that hosts a rodeo that violates the provisions of this
 15 section, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, shall
 16 lose its eligibility for any state tax abatements.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law.

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