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A06875 Summary:

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Add Art 11-A §§1113 - 1125, RWB L

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Provides for standardbred equine drug testing standards by permitting the New York state gaming commission to participate in the interstate compact on anti-doping and drug testing standards.

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03/18/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6875

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Racing and Wagering

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to standardbred equine drug testing standards

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

 1 Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is
 2 amended by adding a new article 11-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE XI-A
 4 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON ANTI-DOPING
 5 AND DRUG TESTING STANDARDS
 6 Section 1113. Purposes.
 7 1114. Definitions.
 8 1115. Composition and meetings of compact commission.
 9 1116. Operation of compact commission.
 10 1117. General powers and duties.
 11 1118. Other powers and duties.
 12 1119. Compact rule making.
 13 1120. Status and relationship to member states.
 14 1121. Rights and responsibilities of member states.
 15 1122. Enforcement of compact.
 16 1123. Legal actions against compact.
 17 1124. Restrictions on authority.
 18 1125. Construction, savings and severability.
 19 § 1113. Purposes. The purposes of the compact are:
 20 a. To enable member states to act jointly and cooperatively to create
 21 more uniform, effective, and efficient breed specific rules and regu-
 22 lations relating to the permitted and prohibited use of drugs and medi-
 23 cations for the health and welfare of the horse and the integrity of
 24 standardbred racing, and testing for such substances, in or affecting a
 25 member state; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10259-01-5

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 1 b. To authorize the New York state gaming commission to participate in
 2 the compact.
 3 § 1114. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 4 terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 a. "Compact commission" means the organization of delegates from the
 6 member states that is authorized and empowered by the compact to carry
 7 out the purposes of the compact;
 8 b. "Compact rule" means a rule or regulation adopted by a member state
 9 regulating the permitted and prohibited use of drugs and medications for
 10 the health and welfare of the standardbred horse and the integrity of
 11 standardbred racing, and testing for such substances, in live pari-mutu-
 12 el standardbred horse racing that occurs in or affects such states;
 13 c. "Delegate" means the chairperson of the member state racing commis-
 14 sion or similar regulatory body in a state, or such person's designee,
 15 who represents the member state, as a voting member of the compact
 16 commission and anyone who is serving as such person's alternate;
 17 d. "Standardbred equine drug rule" means a rule or regulation that
 18 relates to the administration of drugs, medications, or other substances
 19 to a standardbred horse that may participate in live standardbred horse
 20 racing with pari-mutuel wagering including, but not limited to, the
 21 regulation of the permissible use of such substances to ensure the
 22 integrity of standardbred racing and the health, safety and welfare of
 23 standardbred race horses, appropriate sanctions for rule violations, and
 24 quality laboratory testing programs to detect such substances in the
 25 bodily system of a standardbred race horse;
 26 e. "Live racing" means live standardbred horse racing with pari-mutuel
 27 wagering;
 28 f. "Member state" means each state that has enacted the compact;
 29 g. "Nationa