Bill Text: NY S05615 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S05615 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05615-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5615 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 aggra- vated 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] an animal with aggra- 7 vated cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall 8 mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or 9 (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic 10 manner. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06341-01-1