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NY S07482

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Toby Stavisky

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds a new category of "prohibited sports bettor" under New York's racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law for individuals who harass athletes, coaches, officials, or participants of sports events

  • Prohibited conduct includes verbal, written, or electronic threats; lewd or obscene statements or images; vandalism; or nonconsensual physical contact directed at amateur or professional sports figures

  • The harassment must be conduct the individual knew or should have known would cause a reasonable person substantial emotional distress, fear for safety, or fear of property destruction

  • Individuals found to have engaged in such harmful patterns of conduct would be banned from placing sports bets in New York

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Designates an individual found to have been convicted of certain crimes where the complainant or victim is an amateur or professional athlete, coach, official or other participant in a sports event and the conduct underlying such offense arose from or related to a sports wager or such sporting event as a prohibited sports bettor; requires the commission to notify the individual and allows for the individual to contest such designation.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 7482B

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Racing, Gaming and Wagering4/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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