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Humane Education

  • A. 104 Prohibits school districts, school principals, administrators, or teachers from requiring, permitting, or conducting a lesson or experimental study using an animal in a hatching project.

  • A. 416/S. 4533 Requires that humane education be taught in secondary schools and that Education Commissioner maintain records verifying school compliance. Currently, humane education is only required to be taught in elementary schools.

Contact Your Representatives

To help take action on any of these or other animal protection bills pending before the NYS Legislature, use the methods below to reach lawmakers.

  1. Your Assembly member and New York State Senator

    If you do not know their names or contact information, go to www.nyassembly.gov  and www.nysenate.gov. If you provide your address, you can get this information. In your communication, mention that you are a constituent and include your address.

  2. Senate and Assembly Leadership

    Name: Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Majority Leader
    Phone: (518)455-2585
    Email: scousins@nysenate.gov
    Fax: (518)426-6811;
    Address: Room 907, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247

    Name: Carl E. Heastie, Assembly Speaker
    Phone: (518)455-3791
    Email: speaker@nyassembly.gov
    Fax: (518)455-4812
    Address: Room 932, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248