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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the regulation of animal shelters; repealer"
description: "Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6870"
citation: "New York S 6870 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ADDABBO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2022-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857ed322-b55b-4b8b-b8d5-cc083b778f3c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6870"
source_hash: "68b19f735678f84c0587dc5cea33ff26d257c6f6e57aa28edb50ddf64a922aea"
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 6870 (2021-2022) — Relates to the regulation of animal shelters; repealer
Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S6870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6870&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6870A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6870A)
3. **S6870B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6870B)
## Votes
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Vote - Version: B — **9–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- ADDABBO — primary (person)
- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
- BORRELLO — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- OBERACKER — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** PRINT NUMBER 6870A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** PRINT NUMBER 6870B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1430
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-25** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6246C
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.299
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.683 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857ed322-b55b-4b8b-b8d5-cc083b778f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).