S1741 • 2025

Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals

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Sponsor: Monica Martinez
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals

Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals 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.

What This Bill Does

Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals 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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Bill History

2026-05-05 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-05 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-05 Assembly
REFERRED TO CODES
2026-03-12 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-03-11 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-03-10 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.513
2026-01-07 Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
2025-05-14 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2025-05-14 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-05-14 Assembly
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
2025-03-20 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-03-19 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-03-18 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.574
2025-01-13 Senate
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

Official Summary Text

Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals
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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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1741

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    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