New York S 2294: Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance

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S02294 Summary:

BILL NOS02294 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08667

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§189 & 195-c, Gen Muni L

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Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance.

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BILL NOS02294 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

03/18/20251ST REPORT CAL.565

03/19/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/20/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/28/2025PASSED SENATE

04/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/28/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1286

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026STARRED ON CALENDAR

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2294

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to employees of
 authorized organizations operating games of chance

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 189 of the general munic-
 2 ipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 10. No person except a bona fide member or employee of the licensed
 5 authorized organization shall participate in the management of such
 6 games; no person except a bona fide member or employee of the licensed
 7 authorized organization, its auxiliary or affiliated organization, shall
 8 participate in the operation of such game, as set forth in section one
 9 hundred ninety-five-c of this article.
 10 11. No person other than an employee shall receive any remuneration
 11 for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
 12 § 2. Section 195-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
 13 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
 14 § 195-c. [1.] Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compen-
 15 sation. 1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license
 16 issued under this article except a bona fide member or employee of the
 17 authorized organization to which the license is issued, or a bona fide
 18 member or employee of an organization or association which is an auxil-
 19 iary to the licensee or a bona fide member or employee of an organiza-
 20 tion or association of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona
 21 fide member or employee of an organization or association which is
 22 affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another
 23 organization or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit
 24 the number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may oper-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06301-01-5

 S. 2294 2

 1 ate games of chance nor to prevent non-members or non-employees from
 2 assisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or operating
 3 games. No game of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except
 4 such as shall be owned or leased by the authorized organization so
 5 licensed or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the
 6 licensee. However, in no event shall bell jar tickets be transferred
 7 from one authorized organization to another, with or without payment of
 8 any compensation thereof. The head or heads of the authorized organiza-
 9 tion shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons operating
 10 any game of chance are bona fide members or employees of such authorized
 11 organization, auxiliary or affiliated organization. Upon request by an
 12 officer or the department any such person involved in such games of
 13 chance shall certify that [he or she has] they have no criminal record.
 14 No items of expense shall be incurred or paid in connec