STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3088 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enhanced penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 353-a of the agriculture and 2 markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no 5 justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or intentionally 6 causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated 7 cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean 8 conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain or seri- 9 ous physical injury; [or] (ii) is done or carried out in an especially 10 depraved or sadistic manner; or (iii) is committed with the use of a 11 weapon. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05158-01-3