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NY S06573

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

6/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michelle Hinchey

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires municipal employees who recover the body of a dog or cat killed on a public road during their normal duties to make a reasonable effort to identify the animal through tags, license numbers, or other identifiers

  • Mandates that employees make a reasonable effort to notify the owner or an animal management service about the animal's death

  • Applies only to dogs and cats found deceased on public roads, not other animals

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Requires municipal employees to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads by such municipal employees.

Last Action

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Agriculture1/7/2026
Codes6/11/2025
Rules6/11/2025
Local Government5/14/2025
Agriculture3/17/2025

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