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NY A00893

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Linda Rosenthal

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Extends existing protections against dog breed-based insurance discrimination from homeowners' policies to also cover renters' insurance policies

  • Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue, renew, or cancel homeowners' or renters' policies solely based on the owner harboring a specific dog breed or mixed breed

  • Bars insurers from charging increased premiums or imposing rate increases based solely on dog breed ownership

  • Prevents insurers from excluding, limiting, restricting, or reducing coverage based solely on a policyholder's dog breed

  • Takes effect 90 days after becoming law and applies to all policies issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended after that date

Legislative Description

Prohibits restrictions on insurance policies based solely on the policyholder harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds.

Last Action

substituted by s364

6/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Insurance1/8/2025

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