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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8462: Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent and reckless handling of a dog, codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained, and requires signs in parks that dogs must be restrained

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 8462 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent and reckless handling of a dog, codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained, and requires signs in parks that dogs must be restrained. Primary sponsor: Jenifer Rajkumar (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.

Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent handling of a dog and reckless handling of a dog; codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained in New York city; requires signage in parks that all dogs must be restrained.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jenifer RajkumarPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Nikki LucasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“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. PRINT NUMBER 8462B
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
  4. PRINT NUMBER 8462A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
  6. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

Sources

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