Int 1325-2025
Prohibiting the sale of birds in pet shops.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2025-06-30
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-06-30Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would prohibit the sale of birds in pet shops. Such prohibition would apply to non-poultry birds typically kept as a pet or companion animal, including, but not limited to, parrots, cockatiels, finches, parakeets, and macaws.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
How it compares
38% of similar bills passed
19 passed · 31 died
This bill: 184 days in committee
Similar bills: median 459 days · 278 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Health.
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424dEnacted
Int 2441-2021
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51dFiled
Int 0042-2010
Banning the release of certain birds for ceremonial purposes.
1419dFiled
Int 0055-2014
Regulating pet shops.
292dEnacted
Int 1205-2023
Prohibiting the release of birds for commercial purposes.
94dFiled
Int 1018-2024
Prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops, and to repeal paragraph 5 of subdivision d of section 17-373, and sections 17-1703, 17-1704, and 17-1705 of such code, relating to required information, recordkeeping, and minimum standards in pet shops.
69dEnacted
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Sponsors (11)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-06-30 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-06-30 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-06-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
- Summary of Int. No. 1325
- Int. No. 1325
- June 30, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-30-25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 17-1701 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 132 for the year 2024, is amended by adding a new definition of "bird" in alphabetical order to read as follows:
Bird. The term "bird" means any avian species typically kept as a pet or companion animal as defined in section 350 of article 26 of the agriculture and markets law, including, but not limited to, parrots, cockatiels, finches, parakeets, and macaws.
� 2. Subdivision b of section 17-1702 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 132 for the year 2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. It shall be unlawful for any pet shop to display, offer for sale, deliver, barter, auction, give away, transfer, or sell any dog, cat, rabbit,[ or] guinea pig[.], or bird.
� 3. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law.
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