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A 547: Amends the definitions of pet dealers; decreases the number of animals a person can distribute to fit under the exemption.
What A 547 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business law to define pet dealers. It establishes a new definition of a pet dealer as someone who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer fewer than 15 animals per year that are born and raised on the breeder's residential premises. The bill makes these changes to improve animal welfare by preventing unscrupulous individuals from operating as pet dealers. The amendments will take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after the bill becomes a law, except for one provision that will take effect on the same date as a previously enacted law.
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Last action: referred to agriculture (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to agriculture |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to agriculture |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 378 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 547 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, DiPIETRO, WEPRIN, GLICK, MIKU- LIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business law, in relation to the definition of pet dealer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agri- 2 culture and markets law, as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer 5 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and 6 raised on the breeder's residential premises; 7 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general 8 business law, as amended by chapter 168 of the laws of 2017, is amended 9 to read as follows: 10 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer 11 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and 12 raised on the breeders residential premises. 13 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general 14 business law, as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer 17 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and 18 raised on the breeders residential premises. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 20 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to 21 paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general business 22 law made by section three of this act shall take effect on the same date 23 and in the same manner as chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02085-01-5
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