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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to strengthening enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law"
+description: "Strengthens enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law; requires the posting of signage that states it is illegal to sell or transfer such animals for the purposes of slaughter."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 6947"
+citation: "New York A 6947 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Gary Pretlow"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-09"
+last_action: "2024-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73bc1c43-7408-4a8c-95f0-a2831ae6a52a"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6947"
+source_hash: "b37cd4c4a4da45f8714bf8ee022c640dd7fd50d440ed4f91c4d466794877bfb3"
+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 A 6947 (2023-2024) — Relates to strengthening enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law
+
+Strengthens enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law; requires the posting of signage that states it is illegal to sell or transfer such animals for the purposes of slaughter.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A6947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6947&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A6947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6947A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Gary Pretlow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-14** PRINT NUMBER 6947A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-19** REPORTED
+- **2024-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.372
+- **2024-03-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6796A
+- **2024-04-09** 3RD READING CAL.749
+- **2024-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-04-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.617 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73bc1c43-7408-4a8c-95f0-a2831ae6a52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+