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NY S03828

Bill

Status

Passed

8/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jen Metzger

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires animal housing facilities to provide regular diurnal light cycles using either natural or artificial light.

  • Mandates pet dealers provide pregnant or nursing dogs with a separate space meeting housing standards in addition to a whelping box, with sufficient floor space for nursing and litter care.

  • Requires primary enclosures and cages be cleaned daily and sanitized at least every two weeks using detergent and disinfectant solutions to remove excreta, feces, hair, dirt, and food waste.

  • Requires isolation areas for sick animals to meet all housing requirements of the section and establish food receptacles must be sanitary.

  • Establishes that pet dealers selling 25 or more dogs or cats per year from residential premises must provide annual veterinary examinations for all intact adult animals and requires regular grooming to prevent matting, overgrown nails, and pest infestation.

Legislative Description

Relates to the care of animals; requires regular diurnal light cycles of either natural or artificial light; requires separate space for pregnant or nursing dogs; requires sanitation of primary enclosures and cages; requires sanitary food receptacles; requires grooming.

Last Action

signed chap.149

8/8/2019

Committee Referrals

Domestic Animal Welfare3/11/2019
Codes2/27/2019
Agriculture1/9/2019
Domestic Animal Welfare2/15/2019

Full Bill Text

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