S 7704 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provides exceptions to the three-year prohibition of employment with the New York state gaming commission

Summary
Provides exceptions to the three-year prohibition of employment with the New York state gaming commission; excludes starters from the three-year prohibition; allows the commission to provide exceptions during the hiring process.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 30, 2025 Last action Jul 8, 2026
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What changed between versions

S7704 S7704A · 4 edits
MODERATE
Bill S 7704 was amended and renumbered to S 7704-A after being processed by the Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering. The substantive change modifies the employment restrictions for individuals previously involved in gaming activities, shifting the language from 'prohibitions' to 'restrictions' and clarifying the conditions under which former employees can be hired by the commission.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on amending the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, specifically regarding employment exceptions for the commission.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the term 'prohibitions' to 'restrictions' in the section governing employment exceptions for former gaming employees, softening the legal language.

Revised the criteria for former employees to be eligible for commission employment, changing 'is or was not' to 'was not' to clarify that the individual must not have held a stake, shareholder status, board membership, or upper-management role at any point during their previous employment.

Updated the description of acceptable incidental roles, changing 'not necessarily limited to' to 'including, but not limited to' to ensure the list of eligible positions like 'starters' is not exhaustive.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from S 7704 to S 7704-A, and the committee status was updated to reflect that the bill was amended, reprinted, and recommitted.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Amendments
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Jul 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7704A
upper
Jul 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Peter Oberacker
Peter Oberacker
RRepublican/Conservative
NY
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