A 8462 — 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
Congress · introduced 2025-05-16
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.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Jenifer Rajkumar (—, NY-38) — sponsor · 2025-05-16
- Harvey Epstein (—, NY-74) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Karl Brabenec (—, NY-98) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Paula Kay (—, NY-100) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Nikki Lucas (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Joe Angelino (—, NY-121) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Lester Chang (—, NY-49) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Phil Steck (—, NY-110) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Steven Raga (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Dana Levenberg (—, NY-95) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 8462A
- · assembly — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 8462B
- · assembly — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-05-16 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-05-21 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2025-09-24 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-16 | Phil Steck | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Dana Levenberg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Joe Angelino | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Jenifer Rajkumar | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Karl Brabenec | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Nikki Lucas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Paula Kay | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Lester Chang | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Harvey Epstein | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Steven Raga | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenifer Rajkumar (—, state_lower NY-38) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dana Levenberg (—, state_lower NY-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joe Angelino (—, state_lower NY-121) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Karl Brabenec (—, state_lower NY-98) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lester Chang (—, state_lower NY-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nikki Lucas (—, state_lower NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Paula Kay (—, state_lower NY-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Phil Steck (—, state_lower NY-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Steven Raga (—, state_lower NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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
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- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Dana Levenberg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Joe Angelino (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Nikki Lucas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Phil Steck (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Paula Kay (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Lester Chang (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Karl Brabenec (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · sponsored by Jenifer Rajkumar (sponsor) · sponsorship