What's happening
This bill limits exemptions for animal dealers under dog licensing laws to those selling only to specific research facilities and agencies.
Why it matters
Narrows the exemption. Only animal dealers who sell dogs exclusively to specific research facilities or agencies (such as USDA-registered research labs, certain federal agencies, and approved foreign research entities) will be exempt from state dog licensing, identification, and control laws. Dealers selling to other buyers lose this exemption.
Increases oversight for most dealers. Dealers who sell dogs for purposes other than qualified research will now need to comply with state licensing and identification requirements, potentially increasing state oversight and accountability.
Aims to limit unregulated dog sales. By tightening which dealers are exempt, the bill responds to concerns about untracked or poorly regulated dog sales, possibly improving animal welfare and consumer protection.
Aligns state law with research standards. The bill specifically references federal and international standards for research facilities, indicating a focus on aligning state exemptions with established animal welfare protocols in scientific research.
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Limit Dog Dealer Exemptions
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Sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to agriculture
Companion bill
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Restrict Animal Dealer Exemptions
In Senate Committee · Agriculture · Sponsor Tony Avella
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STATE OF NEW YORK
603
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, M. G. MILLER, JAFFEE, HOOPER, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MONTESANO, MOYA -read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or raising dogs for profit and licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, provided such dealer sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities, or research facilities with a Public Health Services approved Animal Welfare Assurance from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the National Institute of Health and to agencies of the federal government that are exempt from the Animal Welfare Act and foreign entities lawfully engaged in research.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01259-01-7
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