New York S 8084: Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one

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S08084 Summary:

BILL NOS08084A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10119-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRADDABBO, COONEY, HELMING, MAY, PALUMBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§403 & 421, add §353-g, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes an animal abuser registry; requires background checks for pet store and animal shelter licenses.

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BILL NOS08084A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

02/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

02/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8084A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8084--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, COONEY, HELMING, PALUMBO -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in accord-
 ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing an animal abuser registry

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

 1 Section 1. Section 403 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 3 12. The applicable license issuer pursuant to the provisions of this
 4 section shall run a background check as part of every application and
 5 renewal against the animal abuser registry established pursuant to
 6 section three hundred fifty-three-g of this chapter and shall not issue
 7 or renew a license to an applicant or licensee who is on such registry.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the agriculture and markets law,
 9 as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 3. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefund-
 12 able fee of one hundred fifty dollars, except that those pet dealers who
 13 engage in the sale of less than twenty-five animals in a year.
 14 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 421 of the agriculture and markets law,
 15 as added by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new subdi-
 16 vision 8 is added to read as follows:
 17 5. Such license shall be renewable annually, upon the payment of a
 18 nonrefundable fee of one hundred fifty dollars, except that those animal
 19 shelters who adopt out less than twenty-five animals in a year.
 20 8. The commissioner shall run a background check as part of every
 21 application and renewal against the animal abuser registry established
 22 pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three-g of this chapter and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11622-04-6

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 1 shall not issue or renew a license to an applicant or licensee who is on
 2 such registry.
 3 § 4. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 353-g to read as follows:
 5 § 353-g. Animal abuser registry. 1. For purposes of this section, the
 6 term "animal abuser" means a person sixteen years of age or older who
 7 has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor violation of any provision
 8 of this article or of the comparable statutes of another state.
 9 2. The New York state division of criminal justice services shall
 10 maintain a registry of animal abusers required to register pursuant to
 11 the provisions of this section. The central registry of animal abusers
 12 shall be made available to the public through internet access, telephone
 13 access, written access and in-person access. All of the information
 14 contained in an animal abuser's registration shall be made available.
 15 Records of each animal abuser's registration shall be maintained for the
 16 duration of the period in which the animal abuser is required to be
 17 registered.
 18 3. (a) A person convicted of a felony or misdemeanor violation of any
 19 provision of this article shall register with the department of criminal
 20 justice services within ten days of