S 3073 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care

Summary

Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action May 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

S3073 → S3073A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add new sponsors and update the legislative history to reflect committee actions. Substantive changes include clarifying the definition of mistreatment to emphasize 'unnecessary' suffering and modifying the emergency powers section to require a 'continual' failure to provide care before an agent can petition the court. These edits refine the legal thresholds for intervention and ensure the bill accurately reflects its procedural status.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on establishing civil remedies for companion animal neglect, but the eligibility criteria for emergency court intervention were slightly tightened by adding the word 'continual' to the failure-to-care requirement.

ELIGIBILITY

The threshold for obtaining an emergency court order was modified to require that the owner 'continually' fails to provide care, rather than just failing to provide care after notice.

DEFINITION

The definition of mistreatment was refined to explicitly include 'unnecessary' psychological or physical injury or pain.

TECHNICAL

New sponsors were added to the list of legislators introducing the bill.

The text was updated to indicate the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2025

How they voted

59–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 63

Jun 11, 2025

D Democratic41

38 Yea 3

92% Yea

R Republican22

21 Yea 1

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 5, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

May 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3073A

upper

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

upper

1 primary · 23 co-sponsors