NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2424

Senate Bill S2424

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection from places of public entertainment and amusement

download bill text pdf

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 20, 2023	referred to investigations and government operations

co-Sponsors

2023-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3195
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §40-b, Civ Rts L

2023-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes sporting events within the definition of places of public entertainment and amusement for purposes of wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection from places of public entertainment and amusement.

2023-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2424

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to including sporting
events within the definition of places of public entertainment and
amusement for purposes of wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection
from places of public entertainment and amusement

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 40-b of the Civil Rights law to
include "sporting events" within the the meaning of "places of public
entertainment and amusement"

Section 2 of the bill is the effective date. This act shall take effect
immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's Civil Rights Law bars places of public entertainment and

amusement to refuse entry to any public performance for any person over
the age of 21 years who presents a ticket of admission. This 'igislation
would add sporting events to the meaning of places of public
entr,tainment and amusement.

In New York City in 2022 and 2023, Madison Square Garden Entertainment
(MSG) rejected at least four ticket-holding individuals from attending
events at their venues simply for working for law firms that were in
active litigation with MSG. This is a clear example of retaliation, and
an attempt to chill free speech and access to the courts. As a place of
public entertainment and amusement, everyone who wants to buy a ticket
to a Rangers or a Knicks game should be allowed to enjoy the event,
regardless of their place of employment.  Sporting events are central to
New York's cultural life, entertainment, and economy. It's time to
include sporting events in the meaning of public entertainment and
amusement.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

NA

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2424
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to including  sporting
   events  within  the  definition  of places of public entertainment and
   amusement for  purposes  of  wrongful  refusal  of  admission  to  and
   ejection from places of public entertainment and amusement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 40-b of the civil rights law, as added  by  chapter
 893 of the laws of 1941,  is amended to read as follows:
   §  40-b.  Wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection from places of
 public entertainment and amusement. No person,  agency,  bureau,  corpo-
 ration  or  association,  being  the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager,
 superintendent, agent or employee of any place of  public  entertainment
 and amusement as hereinafter defined shall refuse to admit to any public
 performance  held  at  such  place any person over the age of twenty-one
 years who presents a ticket of admission to the performance a reasonable
 time before the commencement thereof,  or  shall  eject  or  demand  the
 departure  of  any  such person from such place during the course of the
 performance, whether or not  accompanied  by  an  offer  to  refund  the
 purchase  price  or  value  of the ticket of admission presented by such
 person; but nothing in this section  contained  shall  be  construed  to
 prevent  the refusal of admission to or the ejection of any person whose
 conduct or speech thereat or therein is abusive or offensive or  of  any
 person engaged in any activity which may tend to a breach of the peace.
   The places of public entertainment and amusement within the meaning of
 this  section  shall  be  legitimate theatres, burlesque theatres, music
 halls, opera houses, concert halls, SPORTING EVENTS and circuses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06523-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S2424

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Brad Hoylman-Sigal