Senate Bill S7136

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the transfer of veterinary records for claimed racehorses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7136 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9782
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง258, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4634, A3253
2017-2018: A1564
2019-2020: A1645

2013-S7136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires veterinary records for all claimed racehorses in claiming races, must be transferred from the owner of the racehorse to the claimant within 48 hours of finalizing the claim.

2013-S7136 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7136

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 30, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
  ing

AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
  relation to requiring transfer of all veterinary records of a  claimed
  racehorse from the owner to the claimant within forty-eight hours from
  the time the claim is finalized

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Legislative  Intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
declares  that  it  is in the best public policy interests of the state,
its businesses and its citizens to ensure that, to the  greatest  extent
possible,  the  letter and spirit of its thoroughbred racing regulations
aimed at protecting the health of New York's racehorses as well  as  the
jockeys,  trainers,  and owners, are enforced and enacted for any person
doing business in the New York state racing industry.
  Measures to improve safety and health are necessary responses  to  the
"New  York  Task  Force on Racehorse Health and Safety" established as a
result of the fatalities of twenty-one racehorses at Aqueduct Race Track
during a four month period in 2011 and 2012. The task force stated  that
because  horses are regularly sold in claiming races and due to the lack
of transferring veterinary records at the time of sale, "horses are  put
at  increased  risk  of  repeated,  and potentially unnecessary invasive
joint therapies." This increased risk  was  evidenced  in  the  official
report  by the task force which noted the deaths of two racehorses could
have been prevented because "it is unlikely that the trainer  was  aware
of  any  medical treatments that may have occurred prior to his claiming
the horse. This may have  compromised  the  trainer's  ability  to  make
informed decisions with regard to medication administrations."
  Despite  recommendations  by  the  task force, little has been done to
mitigate the problems even through the policy change is in the  interest
of  the  New  York Racing Association, and the New York State Racing and
Wagering Board. The policy change has also obtained wide-spread  support
from the American Association of Equine Practitioners, who stated in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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