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A 107Relates to establishing animals as sentient beings

Congress · introduced 2024-12-20

Establishes that animals are sentient beings capable of experiencing pain, stress, and fear; establishes an animal can be a victim of a crime.

Latest action: 2026-01-07 IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · assembly REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  2. · assembly REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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Inbound (5)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDlobbies_on_billny_lobbying
2024-12-20Anna Kellescosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-20Micah Lashercosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-20Paula Kaycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-20Linda Rosenthalsponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship

The full graph

Every typed relationship touching this entity — 5 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.

Lobbying

Lobbies on bill 1 edge

Legislation

Cosponsored bill 3 edges

Sponsored bill 1 edge

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Linda Rosenthal (, state_lower NY-67)sponsor05
2Anna Kelles (, state_lower NY-125)cosponsor01
3Micah Lasher (, state_lower NY-69)cosponsor01
4Paula Kay (, state_lower NY-100)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND · ny_lobbying
  2. 2024-12-20 · cosponsored by Paula Kay (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2024-12-20 · cosponsored by Anna Kelles (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2024-12-20 · cosponsored by Micah Lasher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2024-12-20 · sponsored by Linda Rosenthal (sponsor) · sponsorship

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