---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist"
description: "Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6556"
citation: "New York A 6556 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ef26f8-4657-41cc-a8a5-657ad2255374"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6556"
source_hash: "83937da4ea4f37427611038757da6e5e50acdfc342ab265471bd7abe314a3fdd"
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 6556 (2025-2026) — Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist

Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6556&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** REPORTED
- **2025-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.79
- **2025-04-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5514
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.774
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.450 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08ef26f8-4657-41cc-a8a5-657ad2255374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).