S 3158 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Adds animal fighting to the definition of criminal activity for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes

This bill amends New York's Penal Law to explicitly include animal fighting as a qualifying felony for enterprise corruption charges. It directly affects individuals or groups operating animal fighting rings, as their activities will now count as "criminal activity" under enterprise corruption statutes. The key change adds "section three hundred fifty-one of the agriculture and markets law relating to animal fighting" to the list of felonies that trigger enterprise corruption penalties. This expands the scope of enterprise corruption prosecutions to cover animal fighting operations without changing the core definition of the crime.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action May 5, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

611
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Apr 8, 2025
D Democratic41
39 Yea 1 Nay 1
95% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
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Jan 7, 2026
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Apr 8, 2025
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Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
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Jan 23, 2025
Committee
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upper
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors

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