---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the prohibition of the declawing of cats"
description: "Relates to the prohibition of declawing of cats; makes such violation punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5532"
citation: "New York S 5532 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e50d389b-e7a5-40f3-8fb7-3f2f1b219211"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5532"
source_hash: "18de0619b678129e76fc6d57e45993dc019a7910c329da47b0bd54271952620c"
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 5532 (2019-2020) — Relates to the prohibition of the declawing of cats

Relates to the prohibition of declawing of cats; makes such violation punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5532&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5532A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5532A)
3. **S5532B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5532B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **113–31** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **50–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFO — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 5532A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 5532B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1150
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1303B
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.476
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-22** SIGNED CHAP.107 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e50d389b-e7a5-40f3-8fb7-3f2f1b219211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).