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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-4254.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for certain policies based solely on the breed of dog owned"
+description: "Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based on the breed of a dog owned."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 4254"
+citation: "New York S 4254 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-10-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179f828b-9c33-4ec9-9ce0-f0399f00a518"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4254"
+source_hash: "eac241a67bb0fce1aeb6cf358f6327058193e72f8ad0a552cd9457e7d6d29eff"
+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 4254 (2021-2022) — Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for certain policies based solely on the breed of dog owned
+
+Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based on the breed of a dog owned.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4254&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **49–14** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **112–37** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GIANARIS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1537
+- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4075
+- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.203
+- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-10-30** SIGNED CHAP.545 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/179f828b-9c33-4ec9-9ce0-f0399f00a518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+