---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation"
description: "Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7112"
citation: "New York S 7112 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea48f871-5fa8-4d6a-8776-e3cbca2ca921"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7112"
source_hash: "f821499ca05e59a09bd8cba099be18ace478969afb017d894015a130eda5245b"
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 7112 (2017-2018) — Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation

Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7112 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7112&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7112 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7112)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LANZA — primary (person)
- SERINO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.147
- **2018-01-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-01-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-22** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4956
- **2018-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.908
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.284 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea48f871-5fa8-4d6a-8776-e3cbca2ca921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).