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NY S 9944

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Establishes a public animal cruelty registry

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Establishes a public animal cruelty registry that requires persons over eighteen years of age convicted of animal abuse to register with the division of criminal justice services; requires such registry to contain certain information about each person registered; requires persons registered to pay an annual surcharge of fifty dollars to be used for costs and expenses associated with maintaining the registry.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-16 — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.primary
  • James Tediscocosponsor
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Dean Murraycosponsor
  • Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor
  • Jeremy Zellnercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-16

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

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