---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the care of animals"
description: "Relates to the care of animals; requires regular diurnal light cycles of either natural or artificial light; requires separate space for pregnant or nursing dogs; requires a certain level of sanitation of primary enclosures and cages; requires sanitary food receptacles; requires grooming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 216"
citation: "New York A 216 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f770f94-4cd8-4574-b5a6-d1d93853ecb3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A216"
source_hash: "6fbe4daecad5c6e03903ffef39b6667252e0f38add0bbaefb46204d74f12c405"
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 216 (2019-2020) — Relates to the care of animals

Relates to the care of animals; requires regular diurnal light cycles of either natural or artificial light; requires separate space for pregnant or nursing dogs; requires a certain level of sanitation of primary enclosures and cages; requires sanitary food receptacles; requires grooming.

## Version chain

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

1. **A216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A216&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.92
- **2019-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-11** REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3828
- **2019-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.553
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-08** SIGNED CHAP.149 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f770f94-4cd8-4574-b5a6-d1d93853ecb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).