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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3073: Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care

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 3073 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care. Primary sponsor: Michael Gianaris. It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 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.

Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 9 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael GianarisPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
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 AGRICULTURE
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.786
  7. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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