---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to animal response teams"
description: "Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to enter into agreements with animal welfare organizations to provide care for animals during emergencies and disasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7122"
citation: "New York A 7122 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-23"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d897b60-b892-4c1d-800b-058c24411d97"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7122"
source_hash: "28325991347b747c429e67dc83f94355092ef5ad96618b8e1c420befd45cf09e"
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 7122 (2021-2022) — Relates to animal response teams

Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to enter into agreements with animal welfare organizations to provide care for animals during emergencies and disasters.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7122&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-23** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.381
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6713
- **2021-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1232
- **2021-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d897b60-b892-4c1d-800b-058c24411d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).