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--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 11, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, LUNSFORD, K. BROWN, GRIFFIN -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
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, where such individ-
13 ual knew or should have known that such harassment or conduct would
14 cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress,
15 substantial fear for their safety or the safety of another person, or
16 substantial fear for the destruction of their 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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