NY A00752 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - referred to agriculture
Pending: Assembly Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.

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Title

Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-08Assemblyreferred to agriculture
2019-01-10Assemblyreferred to agriculture

Same As/Similar To

S00657 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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