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A08157 Summary:

A08157 Actions:

A08157 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:06/07/2017AYE/NAY:23/7  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Englebright
Aye
Stec
Nay
Glick
Aye
Butler
Nay
Colton
Aye
Raia
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Lopez
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Palumbo
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Miller ML
Nay
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Miller B 
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Garbarino
Nay
Jaffee
Aye
Kavanagh
Aye
Titone
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Carroll
Aye

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:06/07/2018AYE/NAY:26/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Englebright
Aye
Stec
Aye
Glick
Aye
Butler
Excused
Colton
Aye
Raia
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
O'Donnell
Excused
Miller B 
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Garbarino
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Walter
Aye
Jaffee
Excused
Titone
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Pellegrino
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/11/2018AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A08157 Floor Votes:

A08157 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8157--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 31, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, COLTON -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  --
          recommitted  to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the  issuance  of  permits  authorizing  the  use of wild
          animals in circuses
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 11-0541 to read as follows:
     3  § 11-0541. Prohibition on the issuance of permits authorizing the use of
     4               wild animals in circuses.
     5    1. The department shall not issue a permit or license, including,  but
     6  not  limited  to,  an education or exhibition permit or an endangered or
     7  threatened species license, authorizing the exhibition of a wild  animal
     8  in  a  circus, notwithstanding a valid United States department of agri-
     9  culture license.
    10    2. Such a prohibition shall not apply to:
    11    a. an accredited zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquari-
    12  ums;
    13    b. a wildlife sanctuary.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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