New York A 727: Prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing

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A00727 Summary:

BILL NOA00727 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §902-a, RWB L

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Prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing.

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BILL NOA00727 

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01/08/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 727

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- 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 prohibiting the use of performance-enhancing drugs in
 horseracing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The use of performance-enhancing drugs
 2 in horseracing threatens the safety and welfare of horses and jockeys,
 3 creates unfair competition, deceives horse buyers and the wagering
 4 public. The use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing is not
 5 permitted in most jurisdictions outside the United States. The United
 6 States stands alone in its permissive use of performance-enhancing drugs
 7 and New York is no exception. In New York State the use of performance-
 8 enhancing drugs is illegal in every sport other than horseracing. The
 9 purpose of this legislation is to insure that the use of performance-en-
 10 hancing drugs in horseraces is prohibited in the State of New York.
 11 § 2. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is amended by
 12 adding a new section 902-a to read as follows:
 13 § 902-a. Prohibitions on use of performance-enhancing drugs. 1. Defi-
 14 nitions. As used in this section:
 15 (a) "Accredited third party conformity assessment body" means a test-
 16 ing laboratory that has an accreditation:
 17 (1) meeting International Organization for Standardization/
 18 International Electrotechnical Commission standard 17025:2005 entitled
 19 'General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
 20 Laboratories' (or any successor standard);
 21 (2) from an accreditation body that is a signatory to the
 22 International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition
 23 Arrangement; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02253-01-5

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 1 (3) that includes testing for performance-enhancing drugs within the
 2 scope of the accreditation.
 3 (b) "Performance-enhancing drug" means any substance capable of
 4 affecting the performance of a horse at any time by acting on the nerv-
 5 ous system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system,
 6 urinary system, reproductive system, musculoskeletal system, blood
 7 system, immune system (other than licensed vaccines against infectious
 8 agents), or endocrine system of the horse, including the substances
 9 listed in the Alphabetized Listing of Drugs in the January 2010 revision
 10 of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., publica-
 11 tion entitled "Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign
 12 Substances".
 13 2. Prohibition on entering horses under the influence of performance-
 14 enhancing drugs in New York state races. A person shall not:
 15 (a) enter a horse in a race in the state of New York if the person
 16 knows the horse is under the influence of a performance-enhancing drug;
 17 or
 18 (b) knowingly provide a horse with a performance-enhancing drug if the
 19 horse, while under the influence of the drug, will participate in a race
 20 in the state of New York.
 21 3. Regulations of the host racing association banning performance-en-
 22 hancing drugs. A host racing association may not conduct a horserace in
 23 the state of New York unless the host racing association has a policy in
 24 place that:
 25 (a) bans any person from providing a horse with a performance-enhanc-
 26 ing drug if the horse will participate in such a horserace in the state
 27 of New