---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to human trafficking courts"
description: "Relates to human trafficking courts; authorizes transfer of cases after arraignment, by order or with consent of the DA, to another local criminal court or a designated human trafficking court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7836"
citation: "New York S 7836 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f323c3a-db58-428b-b1c5-60d00259a231"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7836"
source_hash: "411c619126b92da01564d35cb9793e19bc91c654e007748484f29c73285bf2f4"
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 7836 (2017-2018) — Relates to human trafficking courts

Relates to human trafficking courts; authorizes transfer of cases after arraignment, by order or with consent of the DA, to another local criminal court or a designated human trafficking court.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7836 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7836&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7836 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7836)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Codes Vote — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.714
- **2018-03-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-03-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-05-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9870
- **2018-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1023
- **2018-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-08-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-15** SIGNED CHAP.191 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f323c3a-db58-428b-b1c5-60d00259a231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).