A 5921 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Creates the jockey health insurance reserve fund

Summary

Creates the jockey health insurance reserve fund for the payment of premiums not yet paid; provides for the return of funds if such reserve fund becomes no longer necessary.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Nov 2025

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed Nov 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

A5921 → A5921A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill amendment reorganizes the funding rules for the jockey health insurance reserve fund by adding new subsections to clarify how unused funds can be distributed. The changes allow unused funds to be returned to tracks, deposited into a reserve account, or split between both options, and require agreement between the track and jockeys' organization on how to distribute these funds.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same (jockey health insurance funding), but the operational rules for fund distribution have been expanded and clarified.

FISCAL

Added new subsections (b and c) that specify multiple options for handling unused health insurance funds: returning them to tracks, depositing them into a reserve account, or splitting the distribution between both purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement for reserve fund establishment from needing approval from both the corporation and jockey organization to requiring only an agreement between them.

Removed language requiring a determination that the reserve fund is no longer needed, replacing it with a requirement for both a determination and agreement between the corporation and jockeys' organization.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the bill text by adding lettered subsections (a, b, c) to improve clarity and structure of the funding provisions.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

58–1

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 63

Jun 12, 2025

D Democratic41

37 Yea 1 Nay 3

90% Yea

R Republican22

21 Yea 1

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Nov 12, 2025

Signed into law

SIGNED CHAP.493

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Jun 6, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 5921A

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING AND WAGERING

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RACING AND WAGERING

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors