Senate Bill S2474

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to restrict the sale and advertisement of alcoholic beverages at certain sporting events

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §319, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S1620

2017-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to restrict the sale and advertisement of alcoholic beverages at sporting events participated in by any state university of New York, city university of New York or community college.

2017-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2474
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
   commissioner  of  education  to restrict the sale and advertisement of
   alcoholic beverages at sporting events participated in  by  any  state
   university  of  New  York,  city  university  of New York or community
   college
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 1,700 students lose their lives to alcohol each year, and 500,000 others
 are  injured.  The legislature also finds that about 70,000 students are
 victims of alcohol-related sexual  assaults.    Additionally,  many  New
 Yorkers believe that sports play a significant role in youth development
 and  helps  build  good  character in children, and it is not just young
 people who play sports who benefit -- many New Yorkers say that children
 who simply watch or attend sporting events learn important values. More-
 over, many adults say that there are real  and  measurable  consequences
 associated with alcohol advertising during sports that negatively affect
 teenagers  and  other  viewers.  Further, New Yorkers are very concerned
 about underage and binge drinking on our state's campuses. They think it
 is wrong for universities and colleges to make money from alcohol adver-
 tising on college sports while they are trying to  reduce  underage  and
 binge drinking on their campuses. New Yorkers further think that alcohol
 advertising  at college sporting events is inconsistent with the mission
 of higher  education.  Many  parents  and  other  adults  reject  higher
 education's  acceptance  of alcohol advertising and support breaking the
 tie between college sports and alcohol ads. Many  New  Yorkers  strongly
 support an outright ban on all alcohol advertising during college sports
 broadcasts.  For  these reasons, the legislature supports the passage of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07979-01-7
              

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