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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1568: Elevates killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony

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

S 1568 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elevates killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony. Primary sponsor: Jim Tedisco (Republican/Conservative). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

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.

Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim TediscoPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57

“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 CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

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