---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the prohibition of the slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock"
description: "Relates to the prohibition of the slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock; provides that an owner shall not be liable for a violation related to such prohibition if such owner can demonstrate that there is proper documentation of a transfer of ownership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7783"
citation: "New York S 7783 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ADDABBO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7f650eb-364c-4b4c-a2b7-13678e03fb5b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7783"
source_hash: "6113aa9bd6b9218dcca628ff48663e1469781debb3c984e1467ae5a418bc3dc6"
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 7783 (2021-2022) — Relates to the prohibition of the slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock

Relates to the prohibition of the slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock; provides that an owner shall not be liable for a violation related to such prohibition if such owner can demonstrate that there is proper documentation of a transfer of ownership.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7783&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ADDABBO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.152
- **2022-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8777
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.337
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7f650eb-364c-4b4c-a2b7-13678e03fb5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).