---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any commuter transportation operated by the metropolitan transportation authority in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation"
description: "Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any commuter transportation operated by the metropolitan transportation authority or any of its subsidiaries in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 2589"
citation: "New York S 2589 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a70610-ec21-4962-ae74-02e614fb581b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S2589"
source_hash: "86501d8d1412a5e70a53d4af80de27916d49b7e236237026efb9a96091aef2b7"
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 2589 (2017-2018) — Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any commuter transportation operated by the metropolitan transportation authority in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation

Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any commuter transportation operated by the metropolitan transportation authority or any of its subsidiaries 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. **S2589 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2589&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S2589 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S2589)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–4** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LANZA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.221
- **2017-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-04-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-04-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-04-04** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2145
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.431
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a70610-ec21-4962-ae74-02e614fb581b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).