S 9944 — Establishes a public animal cruelty registry
Congress · introduced 2026-04-16
Establishes a public animal cruelty registry that requires persons over eighteen years of age convicted of animal abuse to register with the division of criminal justice services; requires such registry to contain certain information about each person registered; requires persons registered to pay an annual surcharge of fifty dollars to be used for costs and expenses associated with maintaining the registry.
Latest action: 2026-04-16 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (—, NY-15) — sponsor · 2026-04-16
- James Tedisco (—, NY-44) — cosponsor · 2026-04-16
- George Borrello (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2026-04-16
- Dean Murray (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2026-04-16
- Anthony H. Palumbo (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2026-04-16
- Jeremy Zellner (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2026-04-16
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | James Tedisco | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-16 | Jeremy Zellner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-16 | George Borrello | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-16 | Anthony H. Palumbo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-16 | Dean Murray | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-16 | Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (—, state_upper NY-15) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Anthony H. Palumbo (—, state_upper NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Dean Murray (—, state_upper NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | George Borrello (—, state_upper NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James Tedisco (—, state_upper NY-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jeremy Zellner (—, state_upper NY-61) | 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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- 2026-04-16 · cosponsored by Jeremy Zellner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-16 · cosponsored by Anthony H. Palumbo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-16 · cosponsored by George Borrello (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-16 · sponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-16 · cosponsored by James Tedisco (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-16 · cosponsored by Dean Murray (cosponsor) · sponsorship