S 1648: Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1648 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD03829-01-5 
 S. 1648 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.