---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal"
description: "Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1672"
citation: "New York A 1672 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd9be01-e65a-4f86-b7c4-79f12ebdb064"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1672"
source_hash: "f799d588d0b6bc5478f7448c5a5d3386d30d25e1de92216b7c6e2ace50ea5049"
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 1672 (2025-2026) — Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1672&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A1672A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A1672A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** REPORTED
- **2025-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.71
- **2025-04-28** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1672A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-12** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6822A
- **2025-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1132
- **2025-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.507 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd9be01-e65a-4f86-b7c4-79f12ebdb064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).