Requires the completion of animal cruelty prevention workshops by any person who purchases, acquires or initiates a farm operation on which horses and/or cows are kept.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10308
IN SENATE
May 12, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 requir-
ing the completion of animal cruelty prevention workshops by certain
persons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 section 387 to read as follows:
3 § 387. Animal cruelty prevention workshops required. 1. For the
4 purposes of this section, the term "farm operation" shall have the same
5 meaning as such term is defined by section three hundred one of this
6 chapter.
7 2. Any person who purchases, acquires or initiates a farm operation on
8 which horses and/or cows are kept shall complete a series of animal
9 cruelty prevention workshops in a form and manner as prescribed by the
10 department in regulation. Such workshops shall include, but not be
11 limited to, instruction on the following:
12 (a) the applicable provisions of this article governing animal cruelty
13 and related animal cruelty laws in the state;
14 (b) animal husbandry, including signs of abuse and neglect; and
15 (c) the role of law enforcement, veterinarians, and the public in
16 preventing animal cruelty and reporting such cruelty to proper authori-
17 ties.
18 3. The department shall (a) issue a certification of completion to any
19 person who has successfully completed the animal cruelty prevention
20 workshops pursuant to subdivision two of this section and (b) establish
21 and charge fees in connection with such workshops.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
23 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
24 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
25 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
26 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15772-01-6
