STATE OF NEW YORK
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11629
IN ASSEMBLY
July 29, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohib-
iting the giveaway or exchange of live fish as prizes in games, draw-
ing, contests, sweepstakes or promotions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 358-a of the agriculture and
2 markets law, as amended by chapter 394 of the laws of 2001, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 2. No person shall give or offer to give away as a prize, or exchange
5 or offer to exchange for nominal consideration, any live animal other
6 than purebred livestock [or fish] in any game, drawing, contest, sweeps-
7 takes or other promotion, except when any live animal is given away by
8 individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with a cooperative
9 extension education program or agricultural vocational program sanc-
10 tioned by the state education department.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
15 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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