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New York · 2025-2026 session · house

A 8462Enacts "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

Status: In committee
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Primary sponsor: Jenifer Rajkumar (Democratic)

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Jenifer Rajkumar (Democratic) · primaryprimary
Harvey Epstein · cosponsor

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Karl Brabenec (Republican) · cosponsor

Paula Kay (Democratic) · cosponsor

Nikki Lucas (Democratic) · cosponsor

Joe Angelino (Republican/Conservative/Independence) · cosponsor

Lester Chang (Republican/Conservative) · cosponsor

Phil Steck (Democratic) · cosponsor

Steven Raga (Democratic) · cosponsor

Versions

A8462—
A8462A—
A8462B—

Legislative history

Jan 7, 2026
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Sep 24, 2025
PRINT NUMBER 8462B
Sep 24, 2025
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
May 21, 2025
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
May 21, 2025
PRINT NUMBER 8462A
May 16, 2025
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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