Assembly Bill A7802A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires harness racetrack locations awarded a gaming facility license maintain live racing activity

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2025-A7802 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8358
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1355, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4907, S5342

2025-A7802 - Summary

Requires harness racetrack locations awarded a gaming facility license maintain live racing activity.

2025-A7802 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7802
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- 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 requiring racetrack locations awarded  a  gaming  facility
   license maintain live racing activity

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section  1355  of  the
 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243
 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  All  racetrack  locations awarded a gaming facility license shall
 maintain LIVE racing activity and race dates pursuant  to  articles  two
 and three of this chapter.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05462-01-5

2025-A7802A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8358
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1355, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4907, S5342

2025-A7802A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires harness racetrack locations awarded a gaming facility license maintain live racing activity.

2025-A7802A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7802--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  harness  racetrack locations awarded a gaming
   facility license maintain live racing activity
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 1355 of the
 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243
 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read
 as follows:
   (b) All racetrack locations awarded a gaming  facility  license  shall
 maintain  racing  activity  and  race dates pursuant to articles two and
 three of this chapter[.];
   (C) ALL HARNESS RACETRACK LOCATIONS AWARDED A GAMING FACILITY  LICENSE
 SHALL  MAINTAIN LIVE RACING ACTIVITY AND RACE DATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLES
 TWO AND THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05462-02-5

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