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NY S00814
Bill
Status
1/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Philip Boyle
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AI Summary
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Reclassifies animal torture, cruel beating, and unjustifiable injury or killing as a class A misdemeanor (changing language from "overdriving, overloading" to focus on the most severe forms of animal cruelty)
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Requires courts to order immediate psychiatric analysis and evaluation for persons convicted of torturing, cruelly beating, or unjustifiably injuring animals, with mandatory treatment or behavior modification programs when deemed necessary
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Prohibits sealing or protecting records of youthful offenders convicted under this section, allowing such records to be used in any subsequent prosecution
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Maintains exemptions for approved scientific research on animals, lawful hunting and fishing, routine farming operations, vermin eradication, and dispatch of rabid or diseased animals
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Takes effect November 1st of the year following enactment
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
1/6/2016