A8462 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent handling of a dog and reckless handling of a dog; codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained in New York city; requires signage in parks that all dogs must be restrained.
- Title
- Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent and reckless handling of a dog, codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained, and requires signs in parks that dogs must be restrained
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Agriculture
- Introduced
- 2025-05-16
- Active version
- A8462B
- Same as
- S8293
- Law section
- Agriculture and Markets Law
Sponsors
- Jenifer Rajkumar Assembly Member, District 38
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Agriculture NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S8293 (2025-26 session) NY State bill