Bill Text: NY A07020 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that no professional sporting competition or event shall be permitted, if such event is sponsored by an organization or sports governing body where in the year prior to such competition, such organization excluded players or teams based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-29 - print number 7020a [A07020 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07020-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7020--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LANCMAN, ROSENTHAL, MAISEL, ORTIZ, DenDEKKER,
         JAFFEE, COOK, ABBATE, SKARTADOS,  PHEFFER,  PAULIN,  REILLY,  MILLMAN,
         DINOWITZ,   MARKEY,   SCHIMEL  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
         BROOK-KRASNY, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, McENENY, TITONE, TOWNS --  read  once
         and  referred to the Committee on Tourism, Arts and Sports Development
         -- recommitted to the Committee on Tourism, Arts and  Sports  Develop-
         ment  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting certain
         professional sporting competitions or events in New York state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "equal playing field act".
    3    S 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section  79-n  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S  79-N. PROFESSIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS OR EVENTS. NO PROFESSIONAL
    6  SPORTING COMPETITION, CONTEST OR EVENT SHALL BE PERMITTED  IN  NEW  YORK
    7  STATE  THAT  IS  SPONSORED  OR  SANCTIONED  BY AN ORGANIZATION OR SPORTS
    8  GOVERNING BODY WHERE IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO SUCH NEW YORK  STATE  COMPETI-
    9  TION,  CONTEST  OR  EVENT  ANY  OTHER PROFESSIONAL SPORTING COMPETITION,
   10  CONTEST OR EVENT SPONSORED OR SANCTIONED BY SUCH ORGANIZATION OR  SPORTS
   11  GOVERNING BODY EXCLUDED PLAYERS OR TEAMS BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, SEXUAL
   12  ORIENTATION, ETHNICITY, CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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