republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-5023.md

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Bill	Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty	Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty to the police, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, peace officer, district attorney's office, animal control officer, department of agriculture and markets, or other appropriate government agency and to turn over necessary records; protects the identity of such veterinarians; allows such veterinarians to receive a copy of such report.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 5023	New York S 5023 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	GIANARIS	2	14	3	2021-02-22	2021-10-30	openstates	ocd-bill/92df48e0-0515-4dc1-8899-1aea2f6e14c6	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5023	32fa3253e14779182aa47b0cf2b7aa26a5cfcca512c5120979f29887d19dfcfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 5023 (2021-2022) — Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty

Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty to the police, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, peace officer, district attorney's office, animal control officer, department of agriculture and markets, or other appropriate government agency and to turn over necessary records; protects the identity of such veterinarians; allows such veterinarians to receive a copy of such report.

Version chain

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

1. S5023 (committee substitute) — source
2. S5023A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote - Version: A — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 143–6 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 62–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• GIANARIS — primary (person)
• ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
• GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-22 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 PRINT NUMBER 5023A amendment-passage
• 2021-06-02 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-02 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1447
• 2021-06-03 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-03 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-03 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 SUBSTITUTED FOR A5823A
• 2021-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.568
• 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.546 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92df48e0-0515-4dc1-8899-1aea2f6e14c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).