Bill Text: NY A01269 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-31 - reported referred to codes [A01269 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01269-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1269--C
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BENEDETTO, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ, MONTESANO, COOK,
          JAFFEE,  SIMON,  MOSLEY,  CARROLL,  O'DONNELL,  DAVILA,  L. ROSENTHAL,
          AUBRY,  ERRIGO, D'URSO, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
          with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
          committee -- again  reported  from  said  committee  with  amendments,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting chil-
          dren twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "John Mack-
     2  ey youth football protection act".
     3    §  2.  Article  25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
     4  title 7 to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE VII
     6                                YOUTH SPORTS
     7  Section 2595. Prohibition of tackle football.
     8    § 2595. Prohibition of tackle football. 1. No child twelve  years  old
     9  or younger shall play, practice, or otherwise engage in organized tackle
    10  football;  provided  however,  that  nothing  within  this section shall
    11  prohibit children twelve years old and younger from playing, practicing,
    12  or otherwise participating in  any  form  of  football  which  does  not
    13  involve tackling.
    14    2.  Any school, league or other entity whose purpose is to allow chil-
    15  dren to participate in football, who allows children twelve years old or
    16  younger to play, practice, or otherwise engage in tackle football  shall
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  be liable for a civil penalty under the provisions of title two of arti-
     2  cle one of this chapter.
     3    3. For the purposes of this section:
     4    (a)  "Organized  tackle  football" shall include any practice, game or
     5  other activity which involves engaging in tackle football and  which  is
     6  organized by a school, or public or private league or other entity whose
     7  purpose is to allow children to participate in contact football.
     8    (b) "Tackle" shall mean to physically impede the forward movement of a
     9  player who is in possession of the ball to the extent that:
    10    (i)  the player's forward movement is stopped and the player is unable
    11  to resume such forward movement; or
    12    (ii) the player is forced to touch some part of his or her body to the
    13  ground other than the player's hands or feet.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.