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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7903
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 11, 2025
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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:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (ix) and (x) of paragraph (r) of subdivision
2 1 of section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law,
3 as amended by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, are
4 amended and a new subparagraph (xi) is added to read as follows:
5 (ix) any individual placing a wager as an agent or proxy for another
6 person known to be a prohibited sports bettor; [or]
7 (x) any minor[.]; or
8 (xi) any individual found to have harassed or shown a harmful pattern
9 of conduct directed at amateur or professional athletes, coaches, offi-
10 cials, or participants of a sports event, including, but not limited to,
11 verbal, written or electronic threats, lewd or obscene statements or
12 images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact such individual knew
13 or should have known would cause a reasonable person to suffer substan-
14 tial emotional distress, substantial fear for their safety or the safety
15 of another person, or substantial fear for the destruction of their
16 property.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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