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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 668: Confinement of animals for food producing purposes

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 668 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Confinement of animals for food producing purposes. Primary sponsor: Linda Rosenthal (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Linda RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse67
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  2. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source