New York 2009-2010 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 9)

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00294

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Prohibits a person convicted of "Buster's Law" from owning or possessing a companion animal unless authorized by court order, after appropriate psychiatric or psychological testing.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00293

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Requires unsealing of court records of youthful offenders convicted of animal abuse offense; provides that such persons undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment where necessary.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00298

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Makes the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal (dogs and cats) left outside a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00337

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Establishes a farm-to-school task force; directs the commissioner of education to develop a program to require all public schools to provide fresh foods to students in a manner that supports local agriculture and increases market opportunities for farmers from under-represented communities.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00299

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01561

Introduced
1/12/23  
Refer
1/12/23  
Relates to aggravated neglect of a companion animal.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04602

Introduced
2/13/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Expands aggravated cruelty to animals to include all animals.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02183

Introduced
1/19/23  
Refer
1/19/23  
Includes reckless operation of a motor vehicle resulting in the death or serious injury of a companion animal in the definition of aggravated animal cruelty.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02163

Introduced
1/19/23  
Refer
1/19/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Refer
6/7/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Enrolled
12/12/23  
Chaptered
12/13/23  
Prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from slaughtering a horse where such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or has reason to know that such horse will be used for human or animal consumption; prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from possessing, selling, importing, etc., a horse or horseflesh if such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or should have known that any part of such horse or horseflesh will be used for human or animal consumption; provides penalties for violation.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02236

Introduced
1/19/23  
Refer
1/19/23  
Engrossed
2/28/23  
Refer
2/28/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Establishes a one-stop farming hotline with the Cornell cooperative extension.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02289

Introduced
1/19/23  
Refer
1/19/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Authorizes courts to exercise discretion permitting a courthouse facility dog for use by witnesses to be used in any judicial proceeding; provides that courts with an available courthouse facility dog must allow a witness under eighteen years of age, or who has a developmental disability, to use a courthouse facility dog to accompany such person while testifying in court; allows any witness who does not meet the criteria of being under eighteen years of age or having a developmental disability to use a courthouse facility dog, if available, to accompany them while testifying in court; defines terms; makes related provisions.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02461

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Report Pass
5/9/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02414

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02407

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Report Pass
5/23/23  
Engrossed
6/8/23  
Refer
6/8/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02415

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Engrossed
2/28/23  
Refer
2/28/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Establishes the office of urban agriculture.