Bill Text: NY S09041 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the separation of foals younger than four months of age from the mare; prohibits abrupt weaning of foals; establishes fines for violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S09041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09041-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9041

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 11, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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  prohib-
          iting  the  separation  of a foal younger than four months of age from
          the mare

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

     1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 386 to read as follows:
     3    § 386. Separation of foals from mares. 1. For  the  purposes  of  this
     4  section,  the term "abrupt weaning" means the process by which a foal is
     5  removed from the mare and moved to a location in which they will have no
     6  visual, audio or physical contact with the mare.
     7    2. No person, corporation, association, or other entity shall begin an
     8  abrupt weaning process prior to the foal reaching four months of age for
     9  the purposes of sale of the foal or mare.
    10    3.   No  person,  corporation,  association,  or  other  entity  shall
    11  purchase  a  foal  if the foal is under four months of age or purchase a
    12  mare if the mare has given birth to a foal in the past four months.
    13    4.  No person, corporation, association, or other entity shall sell or
    14  offer for sale a foal or the mare of a foal if:
    15    (a) the foal is not considered in good health by a licensed  veterina-
    16  rian and is not up to date with preventative healthcare as necessary;
    17    (b)  the  foal has not received a deworming treatment for the purposes
    18  of removing any internal parasites; and
    19    (c) the foal's sole source of nutrition is the milk from the mare.
    20    5. No person, corporation, association, or other entity shall purchase
    21  or offer to purchase a foal or the mare of a foal if:
    22    (a) the foal is not considered in good health by a licensed  veterina-
    23  rian and is not up to date with preventative healthcare as necessary;
    24    (b)  the  foal has not received a deworming treatment for the purposes
    25  of removing any internal parasites; and
    26    (c) the foal is not on an alternative food source other than the  milk
    27  of the mare.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11842-02-4
        S. 9041                             2

     1    6.  A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a
     2  fine of not more than one thousand dollars per horse for  an  individual
     3  person  and  up  to  two  thousand  five hundred dollars per horse for a
     4  corporation, association, or other entity, for the first violation.  Any
     5  subsequent violation shall be punishable by a fine of up to two thousand
     6  dollars  per  horse  for  an  individual  person and up to five thousand
     7  dollars per horse for a corporation, association, or other entity.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.