A01269 Summary:
| BILL NO | A01269C |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Benedetto |
| COSPNSR | Abinanti, Dinowitz, Montesano, Cook, Jaffee, Simon, Mosley, Carroll, O'Donnell, Davila, Rosenthal L, Aubry, Gottfried, Errigo, D'Urso, Rivera, Wright, Seawright, Lavine, Arroyo, McDonald, Simotas |
| MLTSPNSR | Galef |
| Add Art 25 Title 7 §2595, Pub Health L | |
| Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football. | |
A01269 Actions:
| BILL NO | A01269C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/11/2017 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2018 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/23/2018 | amend (t) and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/23/2018 | print number 1269a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/08/2018 | amend and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/08/2018 | print number 1269b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/18/2018 | amend (t) and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/18/2018 | print number 1269c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/31/2018 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A01269 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting chil- dren twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will prohibit the playing of organized tackle football for children age eleven and younger. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: § 2 Article 25 of the public health law will be amended by adding a new Title VII entitled YOUTH SPORT, Section 2595. Prohibition of tackle football. JUSTIFICATION: Research over the last decade has shown that concussions and sub concus- sive blows have a negative impact on brain development in young chil- dren. Prohibiting organized contact football in our youngest children will better protect them from sustaining serious head injuries until their bodies mature to a point where it will be safer for them to play. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2014 A.4529A Referred to health committee FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
A01269 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1269--C 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 -- 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. LBD04726-05-8A. 1269--C 2 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.