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A362Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS3823

Study Baseball Stadium Safety

Official title

“Directs the department of state to study, evaluate and make recommendations concerning safety standards at baseball stadiums”

Sponsor Amy PaulinAD-88+9 co-sponsorsAffects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
In Senate Committee
Consumer Protection
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Senate · Consumer Protection

What's happening

This bill directs the New York Department of State to study and recommend safety standards for protective netting at baseball stadiums.

Why it matters

  1. Focuses on spectator safety by investigating the prevalence, severity, and causes of injuries at large baseball stadiums. , specifically those from foul balls and thrown bats, which have led to growing public concern in recent years.

  2. Requires transparency from stadium owners/operators regarding injury reporting policies. , potentially revealing whether stadiums are currently underreporting or inadequately disclosing spectator injuries, and encouraging higher accountability.

  3. Could lead to stronger or more uniform statewide standards for protective netting and other safety measures. , influencing not just professional but also large amateur and minor league venues, and potentially setting a precedent for similar requirements in other public sports venues.

  4. Includes consideration of additional safety measures beyond netting, such as warning notices on tickets and in stadiums. , which could affect how fans are informed of risks and alter the legal landscape around stadium liability and fan awareness.

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Study Baseball Stadium Safety

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Amy Paulin

Assembly Member · Assembly District 88

Chair, Health

History

  1. Referred to consumer protection
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.17
  5. Returned to assembly
  6. Died in senate
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.314
  11. Rules report cal.314
  12. Reported
Show 3 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Reported referred to ways and means
  3. Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S3823Senate

Study Baseball Stadium Safety

In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Diane J. Savino

Impact 2 · Minimal0% to pass

Full text

2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

362

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)

January 9, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, D'URSO, GALEF, LAVINE, ORTIZ, D. ROSEN- THAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to direct the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning safety standards at baseball stadiums

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, "baseball stadium" means a place of public assembly with an occupancy capacity of at least five thousand persons, in which baseball games are played and seating or standing room is assigned by issuance of tickets purchased by spectators.

§ 2. Study. The department of state is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study of the protective netting currently in use at baseball stadiums in the state to determine whether such netting is sufficient to protect spectators during baseball games. Such study shall examine, at a minimum, the following:

(a) the reported incidence of injuries suffered in baseball stadiums in the state by spectators as a result of being struck by a baseball or a thrown bat, the nature and severity of such injuries, and the general location where such injuries were suffered by such spectators within the baseball stadiums;

(b) the policies of the owners or operators of baseball stadiums in the state regarding the reporting of injuries, and whether or not such policies adequately disclose the rate of injuries suffered by spectators in such stadiums;

(c) whether baseball stadiums in the state are maintaining adequate protective netting to ensure the safety of spectators; and

(d) any other steps that may be taken to increase safety for spectators at baseball games in the state, including, but not limited to the

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD01750-01-9

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posting of notices on tickets, seats, or other locations within a baseball stadium warning spectators of the possibility of injury as a result of being struck by a baseball or thrown bat.

§ 3. Powers. The department of state may consult with any state or local office, agency, or department and request information from any such entity that is relevant and material to the completion of this study and report.

§ 4. Report. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the department of state shall deliver a report of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section two of this act to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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