Assembly Bill A2386

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Restricts the breeding of dogs and setting standards for the care of breeding dogs and their puppies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2386 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7346
2017-2018: A6646

2015-A2386 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts the breeding of dogs and sets standards for the care of breeding dogs and their puppies.

2015-A2386 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2386

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI, NOJAY, DiPIETRO,
  CAHILL, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  BRENNAN,
  COOK,  GLICK,  JOHNS,  MARKEY, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, MOYA, THIELE -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to
  restricting the breeding of dogs and setting standards for the care of
  breeding dogs and their puppies

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subdivision 1 of section  401  of
the  agriculture  and markets law, paragraph (g) as added by chapter 259
of the laws of 2000 and paragraph (h) as added by  chapter  110  of  the
laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  (g)  [In  the event that a pet dealer has a pregnant or nursing dog on
his or her premises, the pet dealer shall provide  a  whelping  box  for
such dog.
  (h)]  Pet  dealers  shall  designate and provide an isolation area for
animals that exhibit symptoms of  contagious  disease  or  illness.  The
location  of  such  designated area must be such as to prevent or reduce
the spread of disease to healthy animals.
  S 2. Section 401 of the agriculture and  markets  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  BREEDING, BIRTH AND THE CARE OF PUPPIES. (A) FEMALE DOGS SHALL NOT
BE BRED UNLESS THEY ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD AND LESS  THAN  SIX
YEARS OLD. NO FEMALE DOG OVER THE AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD SHALL BE BRED.
  (B) (1) A FEMALE DOG SHALL NOT BE BRED MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR.
  (2)  A  FEMALE  DOG  SHALL  NOT  BE BRED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES. AFTER A
FEMALE DOG HAS WHELPED FOUR LITTERS,  THE  DOG  SHALL  BE  RETIRED  FROM
BREEDING REGARDLESS OF HER AGE.
  (3)  A  DOG  WHO  HAS  BEEN  RETIRED  FROM BREEDING SHALL NOT BE SOLD,
RELEASED, GIVEN, BARTERED OR OTHERWISE  TRANSFERRED  TO  ANY  OTHER  PET

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06417-01-5
              

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