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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty"
+description: "Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty to the police, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, peace officer, district attorney's office, animal control officer, department of agriculture and markets, or other appropriate government agency and to turn over necessary records; protects the identity of such veterinarians; allows such veterinarians to receive a copy of such report."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 5023"
+citation: "New York S 5023 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-10-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92df48e0-0515-4dc1-8899-1aea2f6e14c6"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5023"
+source_hash: "32fa3253e14779182aa47b0cf2b7aa26a5cfcca512c5120979f29887d19dfcfc"
+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 5023 (2021-2022) — Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty
+
+Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty to the police, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, peace officer, district attorney's office, animal control officer, department of agriculture and markets, or other appropriate government agency and to turn over necessary records; protects the identity of such veterinarians; allows such veterinarians to receive a copy of such report.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5023&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **S5023A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5023A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–6** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GIANARIS — primary (person)
+- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
+- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 5023A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1447
+- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5823A
+- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.568
+- **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.546 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92df48e0-0515-4dc1-8899-1aea2f6e14c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+