Bill Text: NY A08177 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the administration of psychoactive drugs to an animal in a zoo in order to allow another animal to procreate with such animal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A08177 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A08177-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8177 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY July 9, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the administration of psychoactive drugs to an animal in a zoo in certain situations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0541 to read as follows: 3 § 11-0541. Psychoactive drug administration to animals in a zoo. 4 1. A zoo shall not administer psychoactive drugs to an animal in its 5 care in order to allow another animal to procreate with such animal. 6 2. For the purposes of this section, a "zoo" means a facility where 7 non-native animals are housed, held, fed or provided for in any manner. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11832-01-1