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

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STATE OF NEW YORK

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8293--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

May 30, 2025

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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Amended — base rate 13%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -2 40/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 288 days quiet

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