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NY A 6514

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Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6514 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6514 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

What is NY A 6514 about?

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, checking such animals for identification, social media, placing a photograph and general description, and other identifying information on the internet.

Who sponsors NY A 6514?

Michael Tannousis is the primary sponsor of NY A 6514.

Description

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, checking such animals for identification, social media, placing a photograph and general description, and other identifying information on the internet.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Michael Tannousisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 2672not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4675not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7146not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5170not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10306not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6514?summary=&detail=

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