NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5478

Senate Bill S5478

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2018	referred to agriculture
Mar 30, 2017	referred to agriculture

2017-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6646
Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A7346
2015-2016: A2386

2017-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5478
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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.
   § 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
 DEALER  FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHER BREEDING. ALL VETERINARY AND TRANSFER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03333-01-7

 S. 5478                             2
 
 DOCUMENTATION PERTAINING TO SUCH DOG  SHALL  REFLECT  THAT  THE  DOG  IS
 RETIRED FROM BREEDING.
   (C)  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 OR  NESTING
 BOX  FOR  SUCH DOG. A PREGNANT DOG SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER ANIMALS
 IN PREPARATION FOR WHELPING NOT LESS THAN THREE DAYS  BEFORE  THE  DOG'S
 ESTIMATED DATE OF WHELPING. A NURSING DOG AND HER PUPPIES SHALL BE SEPA-
 RATED FROM OTHER ANIMALS UNTIL THE PUPPIES ARE ALL WEANED; PROVIDED THAT
 A  PET  DEALER  MAY  KEEP  TWO OR MORE NURSING DOGS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
 PUPPIES TOGETHER IN A LOCATION SEPARATE FROM NON-NURSING DOGS.
   (D) (1) NO PUPPY SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM ITS  MOTHER  AND  LITTERMATES
 UNTIL  IT IS AT LEAST EIGHT WEEKS OLD. ALL PUPPIES AND THEIR MOTHER MUST
 REMAIN ON THE PET DEALER'S PREMISES UNTIL THE PUPPIES ARE AT LEAST EIGHT
 WEEKS OLD.
   (2) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT PROHIBIT THE  TEMPORARY
 SEPARATION  OF  PUPPIES  FROM  THE MOTHER DOG FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING
 NECESSARY CARE FROM A VETERINARIAN.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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