---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain entities from the definition of pet dealer"
description: "Exempts certain entities from the definition of pet dealer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5599"
citation: "New York S 5599 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BOYLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-19"
last_action: "2017-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c1d570-d858-401e-8ce2-2788bbd4f88e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5599"
source_hash: "f17de8c78f54fc13738eda0d50405ba631c7bf5b2b2bba80f25584e7a1df0207"
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 5599 (2017-2018) — Exempts certain entities from the definition of pet dealer

Exempts certain entities from the definition of pet dealer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5599 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5599&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5599 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5599)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BOYLE — primary (person)
- TEDISCO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-19** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.941
- **2017-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **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 A7195
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.396
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-14** SIGNED CHAP.168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c1d570-d858-401e-8ce2-2788bbd4f88e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).