---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to identify and develop standards for therapy dogs"
description: "Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to identify and develop standards for therapy dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4802"
citation: "New York S 4802 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARTINEZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-12-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeaefeb8-6ee8-4584-b482-5c21713e0ec7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4802"
source_hash: "6fc567c8d2ad2be31f184036de577985c42ae3252d1d751723e106d3163ce739"
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 4802 (2019-2020) — Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to identify and develop standards for therapy dogs

Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to identify and develop standards for therapy dogs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4802** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4802&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Domestic Animal Welfare Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MARTINEZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1014
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6601
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.278
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-03** SIGNED CHAP.574 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeaefeb8-6ee8-4584-b482-5c21713e0ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).