# New York S 3579: Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund

New York S 3579, Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-23 (SIGNED CHAP.132) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 3579
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Last action: 2025-05-23, SIGNED CHAP.132
- Sponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (209 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Thoroughbred fund law gets three more years: benefit, low. The law extends New York’s Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund Act by three years. It now expires 17 years after Aqueduct racetrack’s video lottery facility begins operating, rather than 14 years after. The Fund’s chair must notify the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission when operations beg…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 145 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 5 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | committee | Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-05-23: SIGNED CHAP.132 (Senate)
- 2025-05-23: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-04-08: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-04-08: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.140 (House)
- 2025-04-08: SUBSTITUTED FOR A6457 (House)
- 2025-04-02: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-04-02: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3579A (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: 1ST REPORT CAL.334 (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-03-25: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3579A)
- Original, 2025-01-28: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3579)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3579A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3579)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S3579-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).