New York A 1698: Requires municipal employees to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads

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A01698 Summary:

BILL NOA01698A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06573-A

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Schiavoni, Kay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §377-b, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires municipal officials to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads by such municipal employees.

Go to top A01698 Actions:

BILL NOA01698A

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01/14/2025referred to agriculture

05/20/2025reported referred to codes

06/05/2025reported referred to rules

06/06/2025reported 

06/06/2025rules report cal.417

06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.417

06/06/2025amended on third reading 1698a

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.66

Go to topA01698 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:AGRICULTURE Chair:Lupardo 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:23/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes LupardoAyeTagueAye

RosenthalAyeBlankenbushAye

BarrettAyeHawleyAye

StirpeAyeFitzpatrickAye

WoernerAyeMillerAye

JonesAyeLemondesAye

WilliamsAyeGiglioAye

ButtenschonAye

KellesAye

SeptimoAye

ZinermanAye

CruzAye

CunninghamAye

RagaAye

KayAye

SchiavoniAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/05/2025AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

LasherAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithExcused

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01698 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01698 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1698--A
 R. R. 417

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BUTTENSCHON, SCHIAVONI -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- reported and referred to
 the Committee on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on
 Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads

 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 377-b to read as follows:
 3 § 377-b. Recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads. Any munic-
 4 ipal employee that recovers the body of a dog or cat killed on a public
 5 road in the normal and ordinary course of the public employment or
 6 duties of such employee shall make a reasonable effort to detect indicia
 7 of ownership, such as tags, license numbers, or other such identifiers
 8 on or about the animal and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the
 9 owner or an animal management service concerning the animal's death.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03746-03-5

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