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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs"
+description: "Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs and relates to the definition and identification of therapy dogs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 6565"
+citation: "New York S 6565 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MARCHIONE"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-06-02"
+last_action: "2017-12-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc5d72a-11d5-46b3-973c-3e291e1b22bd"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6565"
+source_hash: "8a7d22c3144c3a737ba6976d42dee281ceedc35e9e89debc7a13035cbe0699d4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 6565 (2017-2018) — Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs
+
+Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs and relates to the definition and identification of therapy dogs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6565 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6565&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **S6565 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6565)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MARCHIONE — primary (person)
+- AMEDORE — cosponsor (person)
+- FELDER — cosponsor (person)
+- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1505
+- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6801A
+- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.389
+- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2017-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.61
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddc5d72a-11d5-46b3-973c-3e291e1b22bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+