New York Senate Bill 6944 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
Pending: Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides an exemption from the licensing fee to conduct bingo to apartment, condominium and cooperative complexes, retirement communities, and other group residential complexes, and games of bingo conducted by bona fide social, charitable, educational, recreational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit, or age group organizations; authorizes such complexes and organizations to award prizes of up $25 per game and $375 during any single day of gaming; also authorizes such games to be conducted not more than twice a week; and authorizes players to provide consideration in order to participate in the bingo games.

Provides an exemption from the licensing fee to conduct bingo to apartment, condominium and cooperative complexes, retirement communities, and other group residential complexes, and games of bingo conducted by bona fide social, charitable, educational, recreational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit, or age group organizations; authorizes such complexes and organizations to award prizes of up $25 per game and $375 during any single day of gaming; also authorizes such games to be conducted not more than twice a week; and authorizes players to provide consideration in order to participate in the bingo games.

Sen. James Tedisco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
2017-11-17	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06944&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06944&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06944