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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the regulation of animal shelters; repealer"
+description: "Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 6870"
+citation: "New York S 6870 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ADDABBO"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-05-19"
+last_action: "2022-12-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857ed322-b55b-4b8b-b8d5-cc083b778f3c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6870"
+source_hash: "68b19f735678f84c0587dc5cea33ff26d257c6f6e57aa28edb50ddf64a922aea"
+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 6870 (2021-2022) — Relates to the regulation of animal shelters; repealer
+
+Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6870&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **S6870A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6870A)
+3. **S6870B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6870B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Finance Vote - Version: B — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+- Agriculture Vote - Version: B — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ADDABBO — primary (person)
+- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
+- BORRELLO — cosponsor (person)
+- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
+- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
+- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
+- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
+- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
+- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
+- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- OBERACKER — cosponsor (person)
+- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
+- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-14** PRINT NUMBER 6870A `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** PRINT NUMBER 6870B `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1430
+- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-05-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-05-25** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6246C
+- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.299
+- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.683 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857ed322-b55b-4b8b-b8d5-cc083b778f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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