Bill Text: NY S00197 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Kirby and Quigley's Law"; expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to a companion animal during the commission of a felony.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S00197 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00197-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           197

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO, ADDABBO, AKSHAR, BOYLE, BRESLIN, BROOKS,
          HELMING, KENNEDY, O'MARA, RITCHIE, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA  --  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 expand-
          ing the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to
          animals during the commission of a felony

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

     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "Kirby and
     2  Quigley's Law".
     3    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 353-a of  the  agriculture  and  markets
     4  law,  as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when[,]: either
     7    (a) with no justifiable purpose, he  or  she  intentionally  kills  or
     8  intentionally  causes serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision
     9  twenty-nine of section one hundred eight of this chapter, to a companion
    10  animal with aggravated cruelty[.]; or
    11    (b) in the course of commission of a felony, or  of  immediate  flight
    12  therefrom,  he  or she causes intentional physical injury, as defined in
    13  subdivision twenty-eight of section one hundred eight of  this  chapter,
    14  or death to a companion animal.
    15    For  purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct
    16  which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is  done
    17  or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


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