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A00716 Summary:
BILL NO | A00716 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00219 |
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SPONSOR | Gunther (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Zebrowski, Cook, Miller MG, Rivera, Titus, Gottfried, Arroyo, Hooper, Steck, Pichardo, Richardson, Crouch, Walter, Raia, Montesano, McDonough, Murray, Weprin, Dinowitz |
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MLTSPNSR | Friend, Hawley, Magee, Stec, Titone |
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Amd §1613, Tax L | |
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Permits state lottery winners to remain anonymous to the general public. |
A00716 Actions:
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01/09/2017 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2018 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2018 | rules report cal.86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2018 | ordered to third reading rules cal.86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2018 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S219 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | 3RD READING CAL.1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/26/2018 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/07/2018 | vetoed memo.268 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/07/2018 | tabled |
A00716 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Stec
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Curran
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
No
Ra
Yes
Titone
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
ER
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
No
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Solages
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A00716 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A716 SPONSOR: Gunther (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to permitting state lottery winners to remain anonymous to the general public   PURPOSE: To protect the privacy of NYS lottery winners by limiting the disclosure of identifying information of any holder of a winning ticket.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision a of section 1613 of the tax law in relation to the disclosure of personal identifying information of NYS lottery winners. Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: In recent years, high jackpot lottery drawings seem to be more common. The benefits of winning such a lottery are obvious and well known. However, there are other consequences of being a "lucky" winner - espe- cially when identifying information about the winner is publicly disclosed. Lottery winners are besieged with requests. Sometimes the requests are legitimate (e.g. charitable donation), sometimes they are frivolous (e.g. speculative business ventures). Some requests are just scams. Public disclosure of a lottery winner's identifying information makes the winner vulnerable to this sort of activity. More importantly, it can make the lottery winner a target of criminal activity. This can include burglary, kidnapping, harassment, fraudulent lawsuits, etc. Unfortunately, in today's economic climate, winning the lottery has become the American Dream for some people. For those lucky enough to win the lottery, protections should be in place to preserve their privacy and well-being. By addressing this issue, this legislation will maintain privacy and protect lottery winners from potential criminal activity.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2015-16: A1076A Referred to Ways & Means 2013-14: A2317A Held in Ways & Means/S1349 Referred to Racing, Gaming and Wagering 2011-12: S7315 Referred to Racing, Gaming and Wagering   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the State.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
A00716 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 716 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, M. G. MILLER, RIVERA, TITUS, GOTTFRIED, ARROYO, HOOPER, STECK, PICHARDO, RICHARDSON, CROUCH, WALTER, RAIA, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, LUPINACCI, MURRAY -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. FRIEND, HAWLEY, KEARNS, MAGEE, McKEVITT, McLAUGH- LIN, SIMANOWITZ, STEC, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to permitting state lottery winners to remain anonymous to the general public The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1613 of the tax law, as amended by 2 chapter 426 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 3 a. It shall be the duty of the director to require that all prizes 4 over five thousand dollars in any game be awarded to holders of winning 5 tickets for that game as provided in this section and section sixteen 6 hundred fourteen of this article. Within one week after any drawing or 7 selection of prize winning lottery tickets, the division shall deliver 8 to the comptroller a certified list of the tickets to which prizes are 9 awarded and the amount of each such prize. Upon receipt of such certi- 10 fied list and voucher of the division, moneys sufficient for the payment 11 of such prizes shall be paid to the division from the lottery prize 12 account, upon audit and warrant of the comptroller. Moneys for the 13 payment of lottery prizes shall be deposited by the director as provided 14 in section sixteen hundred eleven of this article and the withdrawal of 15 such moneys for the payment of prize winners shall be subject to a check 16 signed by the director or such officers or employees of the division as 17 the director may designate. The division shall each month provide the 18 comptroller with a record of all such withdrawals from the director's 19 accounts. Payment of prizes shall be made by the division to holders of 20 the tickets to which prizes are awarded, except that payment of any 21 prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, may be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02947-02-7A. 716 2 1 paid pursuant to a court order granted as a result of a proceeding as 2 provided in subdivision d of this section, and except that any person 3 pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize to which 4 the winner is entitled. The division shall not publicly disclose the 5 name, address or other identifying information of any holder of a 6 winning ticket or require any winning ticket holder to perform any 7 public actions in connection with the awarding, payment or collection of 8 prize moneys where a holder of a winning ticket provides a written 9 request to the division. The division shall be discharged of all further 10 liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this subdivision. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.