S 9944

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 16, 2026.

Establishes a public animal cruelty registry.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-9944

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Agriculture

Senate in_committee 2026-04-16

Criminal Justice

Summary

Establishes a public animal cruelty registry that requires persons over eighteen years of age convicted of animal abuse to register with the division of criminal justice services; requires such registry to contain certain information about each person registered; requires persons registered to pay an annual surcharge of fifty dollars to be used for costs and expenses associated with maintaining the registry.

Sponsor

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-04-16	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-16	Status	in_committee
2026-04-16	Latest Action	In Senate Committee

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