Assembly BillIntroduced
A 1291: Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
What A 1291 does, verified March 8, 2025
The proposed law aims to make it easier for individuals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals to be released on bail. Currently, such individuals are often denied bail due to their charges being considered "aggravated" offenses. This law would allow these individuals to be eligible for bail, similar to those charged with other crimes. Additionally, the law would also extend bail eligibility to individuals charged with certain firearm-related offenses, such as criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree or selling a firearm to a minor. The proposed law would take effect immediately, allowing individuals charged with these offenses to potentially be released on bail.
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2025-03-07)Alert me
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| Mar. 07, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 457 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1291 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to authorizing bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 510.10 of the 2 criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of subpart B of part UU of 3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new paragraph (v) is 4 added to read as follows: 5 (u) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in 6 subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale of 7 a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal law[.]; 8 or 9 (v) aggravated cruelty to animals as defined in section three hundred 10 fifty-three-a of the agriculture and markets law. 11 § 2. Subparagraph (xxi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 12 530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart C 13 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new 14 subparagraph (xxii) is added to read as follows: 15 (xxi) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined 16 in subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale 17 of a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal 18 law[.]; or 19 (xxii) aggravated cruelty to animals as defined in section three 20 hundred fifty-three-a of the agriculture and markets law. 21 § 3. Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the criminal 22 procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart B of part UU of chapter 23 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new paragraph (v) is added to 24 read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03829-01-5A. 1291 2 1 (u) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in 2 subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale of 3 a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal law[.]; 4 or 5 (v) aggravated cruelty to animals as defined in section three hundred 6 fifty-three-a of the agriculture and markets law. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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