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--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        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
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  chil-
          dren eleven 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 eleven 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 thirteen years old and younger from playing, practic-
    12  ing, 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 thirteen  years  of
    16  age or younger to play, practice, or otherwise engage in tackle football
    17  shall be liable for a civil penalty under the provisions of title two of
    18  article one of this chapter.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    3. For the purposes of this section:
     2    (a)  "Organized  tackle  football" shall include any practice, game or
     3  other activity which involves engaging in tackle football and  which  is
     4  organized by a school, or public or private league or other entity whose
     5  purpose is to allow children to participate in contact football.
     6    (b) "Tackle" shall mean to physically impede the forward movement of a
     7  player who is in possession of the ball to the extent that:
     8    (i)  the player's forward movement is stopped and the player is unable
     9  to resume such forward movement; or
    10    (ii) the player is forced to touch some part of his or her body to the
    11  ground other than the player's hands or feet.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.