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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to showcasing pets for adoption"
description: "Allows reasonable rental fees to be charged by a retail pet shop for showcasing dogs, cats, or rabbits for adoption; adjusts the effectiveness of the prohibition of the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet shops."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 981"
citation: "New York A 981 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cf50f28-dfb3-449c-b331-7ba63a290b19"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A981"
source_hash: "d3839c55158011cde701cbc828f3026bf4a9734facbf4dbca60bb20db2a76d3a"
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 981 (2023-2024) — Relates to showcasing pets for adoption
Allows reasonable rental fees to be charged by a retail pet shop for showcasing dogs, cats, or rabbits for adoption; adjusts the effectiveness of the prohibition of the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet shops.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A981&term=2023&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.11
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
- **2023-01-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S846
- **2023-02-08** 3RD READING CAL.55
- **2023-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cf50f28-dfb3-449c-b331-7ba63a290b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).