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NY S04914

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/17/2023

Primary Sponsor

Luis Sepulveda

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits offering rides to the public on vehicles drawn or pulled by carriage horses, effective 180 days after enactment.

  • Removes references to horse-drawn cabs and carriage horses from rental horse business definitions, limiting regulated businesses to riding horses only.

  • Requires horses to be sold or donated only to private individuals or animal sanctuaries/protection organizations who sign assurances the horse will not be used for carriage work and will receive humane care for life.

  • Eliminates licensing requirements, inspection standards, and driver regulations for horse-drawn cabs, while maintaining regulations for sight-seeing buses.

  • Modifies horse welfare rules by removing work hour limits and vacation requirements specific to carriage horses, retaining only 8-hour daily work limits for riding horses.

Legislative Description

Prohibits the operation of horse drawn cabs in the city of New York; defines the circumstances under which sale or disposal of a horse shall be deemed humane.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CITIES 1

1/3/2024

Committee Referrals

Cities 12/17/2023

Full Bill Text

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