---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the confinement of companion animals in unattended motor vehicles under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal"
description: "Relates to the confinement of companion animals in unattended motor vehicles under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal and what can be done in the event an animal is seen suffering; adds paid or volunteer firefighters and emergency services personnel as persons authorized to remove such companion animals from unattended vehicles because of extreme temperatures; and provides penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7053"
citation: "New York A 7053 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e4591fe-8f26-460b-8871-2d7f0e1d188f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7053"
source_hash: "bf491d7f8a2ba63cc194a858ebc659180c2f3d7fecf3b0543b65c31babbacaee"
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 7053 (2019-2020) — Relates to the confinement of companion animals in unattended motor vehicles under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal

Relates to the confinement of companion animals in unattended motor vehicles under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal and what can be done in the event an animal is seen suffering; adds paid or volunteer firefighters and emergency services personnel as persons authorized to remove such companion animals from unattended vehicles because of extreme temperatures; and provides penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7053&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.158
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.158
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5054
- **2019-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.1046
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-07-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.137 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e4591fe-8f26-460b-8871-2d7f0e1d188f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).