A668 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.
- Title
- Confinement of animals for food producing purposes
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Agriculture
- Introduced
- 2025-01-06
- Same as
- S5683
- Law section
- Agriculture and Markets Law
Sponsors
- Linda B. Rosenthal Assembly Member, District 67
Co-sponsors
- Amy Paulin Assembly Member, District 88
- Andrew Hevesi Assembly Member, District 28
- David I. Weprin Assembly Member, District 24
- Deborah J. Glick Assembly Member, District 66
- Emily Gallagher Assembly Member, District 50
- Grace Lee Assembly Member, District 65
- Jeffrey Dinowitz Assembly Member, District 81
- Jessica González-Rojas Assembly Member, District 34
- Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member, District 52
Heard in committee
- Agriculture NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S5683 (2025-26 session) NY State bill