---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for certain policies based solely on the breed of dog owned"
description: "Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based on the breed of a dog owned."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4254"
citation: "New York S 4254 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179f828b-9c33-4ec9-9ce0-f0399f00a518"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4254"
source_hash: "eac241a67bb0fce1aeb6cf358f6327058193e72f8ad0a552cd9457e7d6d29eff"
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 4254 (2021-2022) — Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for certain policies based solely on the breed of dog owned

Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based on the breed of a dog owned.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4254&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–37** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1537
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4075
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.203
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-30** SIGNED CHAP.545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/179f828b-9c33-4ec9-9ce0-f0399f00a518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).