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Assembly Bill A3400

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to participation in games of bingo by minors

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2025-A3400 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2611
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §486, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8854, S6837
2019-2020: A1439, S509
2021-2022: A2481, S5091
2023-2024: A5644, S4738, S9471

2025-A3400 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits participation in games of bingo by minors who are accompanied by an adult.

2025-A3400 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3400
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  participation
   in games of bingo by minors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 486 of the general municipal  law,  as  amended  by
 section  6  of  part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 486. Participation by persons under the age of eighteen.  No  person
 under  the  age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or
 games of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this arti-
 cle UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.  No person under the age of eighteen
 years shall be permitted to conduct, operate or assist in the conduct of
 any game of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued  pursuant  to
 this  article.  Nothing  in  this section shall prevent a person sixteen
 years of age or older from performing  ancillary  non-gaming  activities
 conducted  in  conjunction  with any game of bingo conducted pursuant to
 any license pursuant to this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06663-01-5

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