Bill Sponsors: NY S00059 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Pertains to confinement of certain animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy or calf raised for veal 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S00059 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Philip Boyle [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-004FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Tony Avella [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-011FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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