BILL NUMBER: S3491
SPONSOR: TEDISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra-
vated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child
 
PURPOSE:
This bill curtails the performance of acts of cruelty against animals in
front of children.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and
markets law to include penalties to those convicted of harming an animal
in the presence of a child.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Adults who commit acts of animal cruelty in the presence of a child
inflict psychological damage on the minor who is forced to witness these
crimes. They can also permanently imperil a still-developing minor's
sense of judgment and ethical conduct. By increasing the potential
punishment penalty for animal cruelty when engaging in such cruelty in
the presence of a child, this behavior can be curtailed, and its conse-
quences can be more thoroughly recognized.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
01/04/17: S.728 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
05/16/17: S.728 1ST REPORT CAL.931
05/17/17: S.726 2ND REPORT CAL.
05/22/17: S.728 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/13/17: 5.728 PASSED SENATE
06/13/17: S.728 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/13/17: S.728 referred to agriculture
01/03/18: S.728 died in assembly
01/03/18: S.728 returned to senate
01/03/18: S.728 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
02/13/18: S.728 1ST REPORT CAL.491
02/27/18: S.728 2ND REPORT CAL.
02/28/18: S.728 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/06/18: S.728 PASSED SENATE
06/06/18: S.728 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/06/18: S.728 referred to agriculture
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S3491: 353-a agriculture and markets law, 353-a(3) agriculture and markets law