STATE OF NEW YORK
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8358
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to requiring harness racetrack locations awarded a gaming
facility license maintain live racing activity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1355 of the
2 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243
3 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read
4 as follows:
5 (b) All racetrack locations awarded a gaming facility license shall
6 maintain racing activity and race dates pursuant to articles two and
7 three of this chapter[.];
8 (c) All harness racetrack locations awarded a gaming facility license
9 shall maintain live racing activity and race dates pursuant to articles
10 two and three of this chapter.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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