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; requires the commission to notify the individual and allows for the individual to contest such designation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7482--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
ing -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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. The commission
17 shall provide notice to an individual of such individual's designation
18 as a prohibited sports bettor pursuant to this subparagraph; provided
19 further, an individual may submit a written appeal to the commission
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 contesting their designation as a prohibited sports bettor or requesting
2 that such designation be rescinded, in a form and manner prescribed by
3 the commission.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
