New York S 8252: Designates Blue Heron, Katonah, Kitchawan, Oscaleta, Rippowam, Truesdale and Waccabuc lakes as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization

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S08252 Summary:

BILL NOS08252C

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SAME ASSAME AS A08653-C

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §752 subs 3 & 8, amd Gen Bus L, generally; amd Ag & Mkts Law, generally; amd §97-rr, St Fin L; amd
§209-cc, Gen Muni L

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Relates to pet breeders; changes the term "pet dealer" to "pet breeder"; amends the definition of pet breeders; repeals certain provisions of law related thereto.

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BILL NOS08252C

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05/27/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

06/08/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

06/08/2025PRINT NUMBER 8252A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/26/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

03/26/2026PRINT NUMBER 8252B

04/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

04/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 8252C

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1375

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8252--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, the agriculture and markets
 law, the state finance law, and the general municipal law, in relation
 to pet breeders; and to repeal certain provisions of the general busi-
 ness law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general business law is
 2 REPEALED and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
 3 3. "Pet breeder" shall mean any person who breeds animals and sells,
 4 or offers to sell, more than twenty-five animals per year, born and
 5 raised on such person's premises, directly to a consumer, provided that
 6 no pet breeder, as defined in this subdivision, shall sell or offer to
 7 sell any dog, cat or rabbit not born and raised on such breeder's prem-
 8 ises.
 9 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 752 of the general business law is
 10 REPEALED.
 11 § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 5 of section 752 of the general business law,
 12 subdivision 2 as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 1988, subdivision 5
 13 as added by chapter 259 of the laws of 2000 and such section as renum-
 14 bered by chapter 68 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows:
 15 2. "Consumer" means any individual purchasing an animal from a pet
 16 [dealer] breeder. A pet [dealer] breeder shall not be considered a
 17 consumer.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13058-13-6

 S. 8252--C 2

 1 5. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
 2 association, municipality, or other legal entity.
 3 § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 753-f of the general business
 4 law, subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 35
 5 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 6 1. [A retail pet shop as defined in this article shall not sell,
 7 lease, offer to lease, offer to sell, barter, auction, or otherwise
 8 transfer ownership of any dog, cat or rabbit. This section shall not be
 9 construed to prohibit a retail pet shop from collaborating with the
 10 following entities to provide space to showcase dogs, cats or rabbits
 11 owned by such entities for the purpose of adoption; any duly incorpo-
 12 rated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorpo-
 13 rated humane society, duly incorporated animal protective association or
 14 ot