New York S 8636: Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-05-14)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8636

Sponsors: Nathalia Fernandez

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S08636 Summary:

BILL NOS08636B

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SAME ASSAME AS A09113-B

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1344, RWB L

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Requires that procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of persons self-excluded from gambling includes procedures that allow a person to submit requests electronically; requires such procedures to ensure parity between electronic and non-electronic requests with respect to record retention and transmission of requests to licensed gaming facilities and mobile sports wagering platforms.

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BILL NOS08636B

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

02/09/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

02/09/2026PRINT NUMBER 8636A

03/17/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/17/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

03/17/2026PRINT NUMBER 8636B

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1056

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9113B

&nbspA09113 AMEND=B Woerner

&nbsp09/26/2025referred to racing and wagering

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

&nbsp01/08/2026amend and recommit to racing and wagering

&nbsp01/08/2026print number 9113a

&nbsp01/20/2026reported 

&nbsp01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.240

&nbsp03/10/2026amended on third reading 9113b

&nbsp03/24/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/24/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/24/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8636B

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1056

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8636--B

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from
 said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to permitting requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be
 made electronically

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1344 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 2 wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 2. The regulations of the commission shall establish procedures for
 5 placements on, and removals from, the list of self-excluded persons,
 6 including procedures that allow a person to submit a request pursuant to
 7 subdivision one of this section electronically. Such procedures shall
 8 ensure parity between electronic and non-electronic requests with
 9 respect to record retention and transmission of requests to licensed
 10 gaming facilities and mobile sports wagering platforms. Such regulations
 11 shall establish procedures for the transmittal to licensed gaming facil-
 12 ities of identifying information concerning self-excluded persons, and
 13 shall require licensed gaming facilities to establish procedures
 14 designed, at a minimum, to remove self-excluded persons from targeted
 15 mailings or other forms of advertising or promotions and deny self-ex-
 16 cluded persons access to credit, complimentaries, check cashing privi-
 17 leges, club programs, and other similar benefits.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13808-07-6

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