STATE OF NEW YORK
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6812
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
animal abuse hotline
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 63-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 63-e. Animal abuse hotline. 1. The attorney general shall establish
4 a twenty-four hour animal abuse hotline. The hotline shall be a toll-
5 free number. The attorney general may designate a non-governmental
6 organization specializing in animal protection to administer the hotline
7 established pursuant to the section. The attorney general shall take
8 reasonable efforts to inform the public of the availability of the
9 hotline.
10 2. When any allegation that could reasonably constitute a reportable
11 incident is received by the hotline, the hotline shall accept and imme-
12 diately transmit notice of the report orally and electronically to any
13 appropriate state agencies, local law enforcement agency or non-govern-
14 mental organization specializing in animal protection.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
18 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
19 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01101-01-5
