---
type: "Bill"
title: "Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs"
description: "Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs and relates to the definition and identification of therapy dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6565"
citation: "New York S 6565 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARCHIONE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-02"
last_action: "2017-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc5d72a-11d5-46b3-973c-3e291e1b22bd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6565"
source_hash: "8a7d22c3144c3a737ba6976d42dee281ceedc35e9e89debc7a13035cbe0699d4"
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 6565 (2017-2018) — Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs

Examines the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs and relates to the definition and identification of therapy dogs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6565 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6565&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6565 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6565)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MARCHIONE — primary (person)
- AMEDORE — cosponsor (person)
- FELDER — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1505
- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6801A
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.389
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddc5d72a-11d5-46b3-973c-3e291e1b22bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).