S8636 • 2025

Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Nathalia Fernandez
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically

Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically Requires that procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of persons self-excluded from gambling includes procedures that allow a person to submit requests electronically; requires such procedures to ensure parity between electronic and non-electronic requests with respect to record retention and transmission of requests to licensed gaming facilities and mobile sports wagering platforms.

What This Bill Does

Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically Requires that procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of persons self-excluded from gambling includes procedures that allow a person to submit requests electronically; requires such procedures to ensure parity between electronic and non-electronic requests with respect to record retention and transmission of requests to licensed gaming facilities and mobile sports wagering platforms.

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Bill History

2026-06-04 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A9113B
2026-05-14 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-13 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-12 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1056
2026-03-17 Senate
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2026-03-17 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2026-03-17 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 8636B
2026-02-09 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
2026-02-09 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 8636A
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Official Summary Text

Permits requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be made electronically
Requires that procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of persons self-excluded from gambling includes procedures that allow a person to submit requests electronically; requires such procedures to ensure parity between electronic and non-electronic requests with respect to record retention and transmission of requests to licensed gaming facilities and mobile sports wagering platforms.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8636

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     January 7, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
          ing

        AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
          relation to permitting requests for self-exclusion from gambling to be
          made electronically

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1344 of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
     2  wagering  and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. The regulations of the commission shall  establish  procedures  for
     5  placements  on,  and  removals  from, the list of self-excluded persons,
     6  INCLUDING PROCEDURES THAT ALLOW A PERSON TO SUBMIT A  REQUEST  ELECTRON-
     7  ICALLY.  Such regulations shall establish procedures for the transmittal
     8  to licensed gaming  facilities  of  identifying  information  concerning
     9  self-excluded  persons,  and shall require licensed gaming facilities to
    10  establish procedures designed, at a  minimum,  to  remove  self-excluded
    11  persons  from  targeted  mailings  or  other  forms  of  advertising  or
    12  promotions and deny self-excluded persons access to credit, complimenta-
    13  ries, check cashing privileges, club programs, and other  similar  bene-
    14  fits.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13808-01-5