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NY S 1802

in committee

Prohibits ear clipping and tail docking of dogs unless deemed medically necessary to protect the life or health of the dog

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1802 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1802 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 S 1802 about?

Prohibits ear clipping and tail docking of dogs unless deemed medically necessary to protect the life or health of the dog.

Who sponsors NY S 1802?

Nathalia Fernandez is the primary sponsor of NY S 1802, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits ear clipping and tail docking of dogs unless deemed medically necessary to protect the life or health of the dog.

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

  • Nathalia Fernandezprimary
  • Mark Walczykcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 11328not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2764not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3339not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5674not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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