Assembly Bill A300

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of state to study, evaluate and make recommendations concerning safety standards at baseball stadiums

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8893
2019-2020: A362
2021-2022: A119

2023-A300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of state to study, evaluate and make recommendations concerning safety standards at baseball stadiums to determine whether the protective netting currently in use at baseball stadiums is sufficient to protect spectators during baseball games.

2023-A300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    300
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, LAVINE, D. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
   McDONOUGH, JACOBSON -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct the department of state to study, evaluate, and make
   recommendations concerning safety standards at baseball stadiums

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, "baseball stadi-
 um"  means  a  place of public assembly with an occupancy capacity of at
 least five thousand persons, in which  baseball  games  are  played  and
 seating or standing room is assigned by issuance of tickets purchased by
 spectators.
   §  2. Study. The department of state is hereby authorized and directed
 to conduct a study of the protective netting currently in use  at  base-
 ball  stadiums  in the state to determine whether such netting is suffi-
 cient to protect spectators during baseball games.    Such  study  shall
 examine, at a minimum, the following:
   (a)  the  reported incidence of injuries suffered in baseball stadiums
 in the state by spectators as a result of being struck by a baseball  or
 a  thrown bat, the nature and severity of such injuries, and the general
 location where such injuries were suffered by such spectators within the
 baseball stadiums;
   (b) the policies of the owners or operators of  baseball  stadiums  in
 the  state  regarding the reporting of injuries, and whether or not such
 policies adequately disclose the rate of injuries suffered by spectators
 in such stadiums;
   (c) whether baseball stadiums in the state  are  maintaining  adequate
 protective netting to ensure the safety of spectators; and
   (d)  any  other steps that may be taken to increase safety for specta-
 tors at baseball games in the state, including, but not limited  to  the
 posting  of notices on tickets, seats, or other locations within a base-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02071-01-3
              

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