---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes permanent the provisions of law authorizing the hunting of big game in the county of Schenectady with pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows and long bows"
description: "Makes permanent the provisions of law authorizing the hunting of big game in the county of Schenectady with pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows and long bows."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5506"
citation: "New York S 5506 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMEDORE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/742c43a9-369d-4976-8dbd-e2fb0794b1db"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5506"
source_hash: "3b7e035d8b8d7f1856fa789622a4b1abb39682b387dde6db5db2fc5f40d551d2"
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 5506 (2017-2018) — Makes permanent the provisions of law authorizing the hunting of big game in the county of Schenectady with pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows and long bows

Makes permanent the provisions of law authorizing the hunting of big game in the county of Schenectady with pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows and long bows.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5506 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5506&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5506 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5506)

## Votes

- Environmental Conservation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **123–20** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMEDORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.869
- **2017-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7869
- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.175
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/742c43a9-369d-4976-8dbd-e2fb0794b1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).