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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 252: Relates to wild or exotic animals

Passed one chamber 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 252 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to wild or exotic animals. Primary sponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2026): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

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.

Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Monica MartinezPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.51
  7. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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