S1742 • 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: Monica Martinez
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: In Senate 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

2026-05-07 Senate
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
2025-01-13 Senate
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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                                          1742

                               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 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.
                                                                   LBD05302-01-5