---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases certain penalties related to endangered and threatened species"
description: "Increases certain penalties relating to endangered and special species, species of special concern and illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4866"
citation: "New York S 4866 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ff99b5-643a-4e73-9fb2-e595430bace2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4866"
source_hash: "b235cd6122970ad4d47b175624263f2122460df51d0091bd3917d7c25432cd3a"
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 4866 (2021-2022) — Increases certain penalties related to endangered and threatened species

Increases certain penalties relating to endangered and special species, species of special concern and illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4866&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.589
- **2021-03-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3930
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.170
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.352 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83ff99b5-643a-4e73-9fb2-e595430bace2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).