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NY S 1568

in committee

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 · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1568 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1568 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 1568 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 S 1568?

James Tedisco is the primary sponsor of NY S 1568, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Tediscoprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 961not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4659not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2043not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1391not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4856

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1568?summary=&detail=

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