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A09627 Summary:

BILL NOA09627A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08666-A

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Add Art 41-A §§1050 & 1051, Gen Bus L

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Restricts youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities from prohibiting attendees of youth sports events from recording personal media; provides exceptions related to safety or privacy, areas restricted to the general public, and uniform restrictions on all attendees unrelated to the purchase of a professional media package.

Go to top A09627 Actions:

BILL NOA09627A

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01/21/2026referred to economic development

05/11/2026amend (t) and recommit to economic development

05/11/2026print number 9627a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9627--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to restricting
 youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities from prohibit-
 ing attendees of youth sports events from recording personal media

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 2 41-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 41-A
 4 YOUTH SPORTS
 5 Section 1050. Definitions.
 6 1051. Youth sports organization in-person recording and photog-
 7 raphy restrictions.
 8 § 1050. Definitions. As used in this article:
 9 1. "Youth sports facility" means any indoor or outdoor venue in the
 10 state of New York that hosts youth sports events.
 11 2. "Youth sports event" means any organized athletic event, game or
 12 competition in which the majority of participants are under the age of
 13 eighteen.
 14 3. "Youth sports organization" means any entity that organizes,
 15 manages, governs, hosts or runs youth sports events.
 16 4. (a) "Personal media" means video or still photography captured by
 17 an attendee at a youth sports event from a physical location inside the
 18 youth sports facility using a personal device.
 19 (b) "Personal media" shall not include commercial livestreaming,
 20 broadcasting, or professional-grade filming.
 21 5. "Professional media package" means any commercially offered
 22 subscription, pay-per-view access, photography service, or streaming
 23 product.
 24 § 1051. Youth sports organization in-person recording and photography
 25 restrictions.
 26 1. Youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities shall not:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14142-03-6

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 1 (a) prohibit, restrict, or penalize an attendee for creating personal
 2 media at any youth sports event at which spectators are permitted,
 3 except where permissible pursuant to subdivision three of this section;
 4 (b) impose or enforce a rule involving a penalty because an attendee
 5 recorded any portion of a youth sports event, including but not limited
 6 to disqualification or loss of registration privileges;
 7 (c) require the separate purchase of a professional media package as a
 8 condition of usage of a youth sports facility, player registration, team
 9 entry, team membership, enrollment, or spectator admission;
 10 (d) bundle or embed a professional media package into registration
 11 fees, tournament fees, membership fees, admission charges, or other
 12 similar fees or payments without separately, clearly, and conspicuously
 13 itemizing the cost of the package at the time of registration; or
 14 (e) maintain, offer, or enter into, a waiver, contract, registration
 15 form, agreement, rule, or policy that conflicts with the requirements of
 16 this article.
 17 2. Prior to registration or entry for a youth sports event, where a
 18 professional media package is made available to attendees, youth sports
 19 organizations shall conspicuously disclose in writing:
 20 (a) whether the profess