Bill Text: NY A05184 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5184

Introduced

Bill Title: Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include serious physical injuries or the use of a weapon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A05184 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05184-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5184

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 3, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enhanced
          penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353-a of the agriculture and
     2  markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1.  A  person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no
     5  justifiable purpose, he or  she  intentionally  kills  or  intentionally
     6  causes  serious  physical  injury  to a companion animal with aggravated
     7  cruelty.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall  mean
     8  conduct  which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain or seri-
     9  ous physical injury; [or] (ii) is done or carried out in  an  especially
    10  depraved  or  sadistic  manner;  or (iii) is committed with the use of a
    11  weapon.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05158-01-3