Bill > A01928

Introduced Session

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.

Committee Categories

Hakeem Jeffries (D)*,  Linda Rosenthal (D)*,  Nelson Castro (D),  James Conte (R),  Michael Cusick (D),  Jeffrey Dinowitz (D),  Steven Englebright (D),  Deborah Glick (D),  Richard Gottfried (D),  Andrew Hevesi (D),  Brian Kavanagh (D),  Micah Kellner (D),  George Latimer (D),  Vito Lopez (D),  Alan Maisel (D),  John McEneny (D),  Joan Millman (D),  Michael Montesano (R),  Amy Paulin (D),  Annette Robinson (D),  Michelle Schimel (D),  Fred Thiele (D),  Michele Titus (D),  Harvey Weisenberg (D), 

referred to agriculture (on 01/04/2012)

Official Document