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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-981.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to showcasing pets for adoption"
+description: "Allows reasonable rental fees to be charged by a retail pet shop for showcasing dogs, cats, or rabbits for adoption; adjusts the effectiveness of the prohibition of the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet shops."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 981"
+citation: "New York A 981 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cf50f28-dfb3-449c-b331-7ba63a290b19"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A981"
+source_hash: "d3839c55158011cde701cbc828f3026bf4a9734facbf4dbca60bb20db2a76d3a"
+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 981 (2023-2024) — Relates to showcasing pets for adoption
+
+Allows reasonable rental fees to be charged by a retail pet shop for showcasing dogs, cats, or rabbits for adoption; adjusts the effectiveness of the prohibition of the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet shops.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A981&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
+- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.11
+- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
+- **2023-01-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S846
+- **2023-02-08** 3RD READING CAL.55
+- **2023-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cf50f28-dfb3-449c-b331-7ba63a290b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+