New York S 8238: Authorizes and directs the state board of elections to create an online petitioning system for designating petitions

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S08238 Summary:

BILL NOS08238 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 111 & 1345, RWB L

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Relates to self-exclusion provisions; provides for moneys forfeited by self-exclusion to be deposited in certain gaming commission accounts.

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BILL NOS08238 

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05/27/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1658

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8238

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- (at request of the New York State Gaming
 Commission) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to improvement of the self-exclusion provisions

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 111 of the
 2 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 564
 3 of the laws of 2021, is amended and four new subdivisions 4, 5, 6 and 7
 4 are added to read as follows:
 5 (c) No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the
 6 premises of any such association, corporation, or facility may be
 7 rescinded, canceled, or declared null and void until a minimum of seven
 8 days after a request has been received by such association, corporation,
 9 or facility to cancel such order or request. A person may waive or forgo
 10 the ability to rescind, cancel or declare null and void such voluntary
 11 order or request. The commission may set the length of the period of
 12 voluntary exclusion and require any person desiring exclusion to waive
 13 or forgo the ability to rescind, cancel or declare null and void such
 14 voluntary order or request.
 15 4. No person on a self-exclusion list pursuant to the rules and regu-
 16 lations of the commission shall collect, in any manner or proceeding,
 17 any winnings or recover any losses arising as a result of any gaming
 18 activity prohibited by such self-exclusion.
 19 5. For the purposes of this section, any gaming activity that results
 20 in a self-excluded person obtaining any money or thing of value from, or
 21 being owed any money or thing of value by, the party conducting such
 22 gaming activity shall be considered, solely for purposes of this
 23 section, to be a fully executed gambling transaction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09965-01-5

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 1 6. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or
 2 thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, any self-ex-
 3 cluded person by a party conducting gaming activity as a result of
 4 wagers made or play by a self-excluded person shall be subject to a
 5 forfeiture following notice to the self-excluded person and the party
 6 conducting the gaming activity and opportunity to be heard. A party
 7 conducting gaming activity shall, when ejecting the self-excluded person
 8 from the premises at which gaming activity is conducted, when seizing
 9 any chips, vouchers or other representative of money otherwise owed to
 10 the self-excluded person or when denying payment to the self-excluded
 11 person, inform a self-excluded person of the availability of such
 12 notice, which may be by reference to a notice on the commission's
 13 website. All forfeited amounts from self-excluded persons shall be
 14 deposited as follows:
 15 (a) Forfeited amounts in connection with the lottery shall be deposit-
 16 ed into the state lottery fund.
 17 (b) Forfeited amounts in connection with charitable gaming shall be
 18 deposited into gaming com