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S 6880: Authorizes a lengthier prison sentence for a person who commits aggravated cruelty to animals during an incident of domestic violence.
What S 6880 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to strengthen animal welfare laws in New York by increasing the penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals. A person convicted of this offense will face a felony sentence, with imprisonment not exceeding two years. However, if the cruelty occurs during an incident of domestic violence, the sentence can be up to four years. The bill also expands the definition of "during an incident of domestic violence" to include the period leading up to and following the incident. The law will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6880
- What is the current status of S 6880?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 6880 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE".
- Did S 6880 pass?
- Not yet. S 6880 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6880, and where is it now?
- S 6880 was authored by Sen. James Tedisco with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Agriculture.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 312 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6880 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra- vated cruelty to animals during an incident of domestic violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and 2 markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of 5 this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 one of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that any term 7 of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a defi- 8 nite sentence, which may not exceed two years, except that any person 9 who commits one or more of the acts specified in subdivision one of this 10 section during an incident of domestic violence as defined in section 11 four hundred eighty-one-c of the social services law may be sentenced to 12 a period not to exceed four years. For purposes of this section, "during 13 an incident of domestic violence" includes the period of tension or 14 stress leading up to the act or acts of domestic violence and the period 15 following the act or acts of domestic violence. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 17 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11304-01-5
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