Assembly Bill A9031

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all advertisements for gambling and sports betting to include warnings about potential harmful and addictive effects of gambling

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  • 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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2019-A9031 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8874
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1363, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3826, S3739
2023-2024: A1118, S1550

2019-A9031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all advertisements for gambling and sports betting to include warnings about potential harmful and addictive effects of gambling.

2019-A9031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9031
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  all  advertisements  for  gambling and sports
   betting to include warnings  about  potential  harmful  and  addictive
   effects of gambling

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  1  of  section  1363  of  the
 racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174
 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 3-a  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  "advertisement"  shall  mean  any  notice or communication to the
 public or any information concerning GAMING, GAMBLING, SPORTS  WAGERING,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, the
 gaming-related business of  a  gaming  facility  licensee  or  applicant
 through  broadcasting,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO RADIO BROADCASTING
 AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING, publication or any other means  of  dissem-
 ination, including electronic dissemination.  Promotional activities are
 considered advertisements for purposes of this section.
   3-A.  EACH  ADVERTISEMENT  SHALL,  CLEARLY  AND CONSPICUOUSLY, STATE A
 WARNING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HARMFUL AND ADDICTIVE EFFECTS  OF  GAMBLING.
 THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SUCH
 EFFECTS AND SHALL INCLUDE SUCH IN ALL APPLICABLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14572-02-0

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