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NY A 4856

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Elevates killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4856 pass?

No. NY A 4856 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-04-21). Latest recorded action (2026-04-21): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

What is NY A 4856 about?

Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.

Who sponsors NY A 4856?

Karl Brabenec is the primary sponsor of NY A 4856.

Description

Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-21 — HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Karl Brabenecprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-21

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6737not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8748not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5342not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5558not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1568

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4856?summary=&detail=

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