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
61–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Apr 8, 2025
D
Democratic41
95% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
May 5, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Skoufis
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Weber
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Chris Ryan
DDemocratic
Co
Dean Murray
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Jake Ashby
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Jeremy Cooney
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Lea Webb
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Leroy Comrie
DDemocratic
Co
Mario Mattera
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Monica Martinez
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
RRepublican/Conservative
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