S 1741 NY
Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals
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Summary
The bill amends New York agriculture and markets law to establish a specific penalty for animal abandonment. Abandoning an animal or leaving it to die in a public street or place, or allowing a disabled animal to remain in a public place for more than three hours after receiving notice, is designated as a misdemeanor. The penalty is imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, or both. The law takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Provides that the penalty for the abandonment of animals is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
Sponsor (1)
- Monica Martinez Democratic · primary
9 coauthors / cosponsors
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
- George Borrello Republican · cosponsor
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick Republican · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Pamela Helming Republican · cosponsor
- Mario Mattera Republican · cosponsor
- Dean Murray Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Jan 13, 2025 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- Mar 18, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.574 · upper
- Mar 19, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 20, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 14, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 14, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 14, 2025 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.513 · upper
- Mar 11, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 5, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 5, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 5, 2026 REFERRED TO CODES · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S01741 Summary: BILL NO S01741   SAME AS SAME AS A07950
  SPONSOR MARTINEZ   COSPNSR ADDABBO, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HARCKHAM, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON   MLTSPNSR   Amd §355, Ag & Mkts L   Provides that the penalty for the abandonment of animals is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
1741
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the penalty for the abandonment of animals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 355 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended 2 by chapter 458 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 355. Abandonment of animals. A person being the owner or possessor, 4 or having charge or custody of an animal, who abandons such animal, or 5 leaves it to die in a street, road or public place, or who allows such 6 animal, if it become disabled, to lie in a public street, road or public 7 place more than three hours after [ he ] such person receives notice that 8 it is left disabled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprison- 9 ment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five 10 hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05301-01-5
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