---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends certain provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund"
description: "Relates to extending the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until five years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7601"
citation: "New York S 7601 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BONACIC"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8355e2d6-d345-4c1a-a831-453ad73cb1d0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7601"
source_hash: "7372088a06e10981b36706f13e10d577ea95f76c237ca127f7f515e01783e99d"
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 7601 (2017-2018) — Extends certain provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund

Relates to extending the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until five years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7601 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7601&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7601 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7601)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Racing, Gaming And Wagering Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BONACIC — primary (person)
- MARCHIONE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30** REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.405
- **2018-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9686
- **2018-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.108
- **2018-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-10-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.341 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8355e2d6-d345-4c1a-a831-453ad73cb1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).