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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5654: Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail

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 5654 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail. Primary sponsor: Dean Murray (Republican/Conservative). It lists 9 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.

Enhances penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals by making such offense a felony, including torture, beating, or killing of any animal; makes animal cruelty, including overdriving or depriving an animal of sustenance a felony when committed while released on recognizance for violating an order of protection; allows aggravated animal abuse to be considered for bail.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dean MurrayPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Jack MartinsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate7
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“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