A11276 • 2025

Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor

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Sponsor: Paula Kay
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor

Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

What This Bill Does

Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

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Bill History

2026-05-04 Assembly
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

Official Summary Text

Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor
Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11276

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 4, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
          ing  the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the
          appropriate shelter for dogs

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 353-b of the
     2  agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter  594  of  the  laws  of
     3  2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  Any  person  who  owns or has custody or control of a dog that is
     5  left outdoors shall provide it with shelter appropriate  to  its  breed,
     6  physical  condition  and  the climate. Any person who knowingly violates
     7  the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a [violation, punisha-
     8  ble by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than  one  hundred
     9  dollars  for  a  first  offense, and a fine of not less than one hundred
    10  dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second and  subse-
    11  quent  offenses]  MISDEMEANOR,  PUNISHABLE  BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
    12  THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY A FINE NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR  MORE
    13  THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH. Beginning seventy-two hours after
    14  a  charge  of violating this section, each day that a defendant fails to
    15  correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog that [he  or  she]
    16  SUCH  PERSON  owns  or  that is in [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S custody or
    17  control and that is left outdoors, so as to  bring  it  into  compliance
    18  with the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.



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