---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to adding certain animal fighting conduct as a designated offense for an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant"
description: "Relates to adding certain animal fighting conduct as a designated offense for an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2806"
citation: "New York A 2806 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b80a8de5-4d21-4d6c-be1d-d5eb43d8f789"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2806"
source_hash: "c254db242832a009c718aaa056556b59c48d265cf03e120fc5b86bff74e57209"
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 2806 (2017-2018) — Relates to adding certain animal fighting conduct as a designated offense for an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant

Relates to adding certain animal fighting conduct as a designated offense for an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2806 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2806&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2806 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2806)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.274
- **2017-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S611
- **2017-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1016
- **2017-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-24** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b80a8de5-4d21-4d6c-be1d-d5eb43d8f789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).