---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to strengthening enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law"
description: "Strengthens enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law; requires the posting of signage that states it is illegal to sell or transfer such animals for the purposes of slaughter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6947"
citation: "New York A 6947 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Gary Pretlow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73bc1c43-7408-4a8c-95f0-a2831ae6a52a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6947"
source_hash: "b37cd4c4a4da45f8714bf8ee022c640dd7fd50d440ed4f91c4d466794877bfb3"
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 6947 (2023-2024) — Relates to strengthening enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law

Strengthens enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law; requires the posting of signage that states it is illegal to sell or transfer such animals for the purposes of slaughter.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6947&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A6947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6947A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Gary Pretlow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** PRINT NUMBER 6947A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-19** REPORTED
- **2024-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.372
- **2024-03-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6796A
- **2024-04-09** 3RD READING CAL.749
- **2024-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-04-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.617 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73bc1c43-7408-4a8c-95f0-a2831ae6a52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).