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Assembly Bill A10388

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits sports wagering on school property

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2025-A10388 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1367-a, RWB L

2025-A10388 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sports wagering on public elementary or secondary school property, or in or on a school bus.

2025-A10388 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10388
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to prohibiting sports wagering on school property
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1367-a of the racing,  pari-mutuel
 wagering  and  breeding  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to
 read as follows:
   (C) "SCHOOL PROPERTY" FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ELEV-
 EN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   §  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 1367-a of the racing,
 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 4 of  part  Y
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  All  sports  wagers  through  electronic  communication placed in
 accordance with this section are considered  placed  or  otherwise  made
 when  and  where received by the mobile sports wagering licensee on such
 mobile sports wagering licensee's server  or  other  equipment  used  to
 accept  mobile sports wagering at a licensed gaming facility, regardless
 of the authorized sports bettor's physical location within the state  at
 the  time  the  sports  wager  is placed, EXCEPT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY; and
 provided further that the intermediate routing  of  electronic  data  in
 connection  with mobile sports wagering shall not determine the location
 or locations in which a wager is initiated, received or otherwise made.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14916-01-6

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