Assembly Bill A7903

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to designating an individual who has harassed athletes, coaches, officials or participants of a sports event as a prohibited sports bettor

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A7903 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7482
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1367, RWB L

2025-A7903 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates an individual found to have harassed or shown a harmful pattern of conduct directed at amateur or professional athletes, coaches, officials, or participants of a sports event, including but not limited to certain instances of verbal, written or electronic threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, as a prohibited sports bettor.

2025-A7903 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7903
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- 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 designating  an  individual  who  has  harassed  athletes,
   coaches,  officials, or participants of a sports event as a prohibited
   sports bettor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraphs (ix) and (x) of paragraph (r) of subdivision
 1 of section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding  law,
 as amended by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, are
 amended and a new subparagraph (xi) is added to read as follows:
   (ix)  any  individual placing a wager as an agent or proxy for another
 person known to be a prohibited sports bettor; [or]
   (x) any minor[.]; OR
   (XI) ANY INDIVIDUAL FOUND TO HAVE HARASSED OR SHOWN A HARMFUL  PATTERN
 OF  CONDUCT DIRECTED AT AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, COACHES, OFFI-
 CIALS, OR PARTICIPANTS OF A SPORTS EVENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 VERBAL, WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC THREATS, LEWD  OR  OBSCENE  STATEMENTS  OR
 IMAGES, VANDALISM OR NONCONSENSUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT SUCH INDIVIDUAL KNEW
 OR  SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WOULD CAUSE A REASONABLE PERSON TO SUFFER SUBSTAN-
 TIAL EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, SUBSTANTIAL FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY OR THE SAFETY
 OF ANOTHER PERSON, OR SUBSTANTIAL FEAR  FOR  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  THEIR
 PROPERTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11372-01-5

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