# New York S 6351: Relates to electronic bell jar vending machines New York S 6351, Relates to electronic bell jar vending machines, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.74) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S6351-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 6351 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Relates to electronic bell jar vending machines - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-11 - Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.74 - Sponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (214 yes, 11 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Safeguards for charitable gaming machine players: benefit, low. Electronic bell jar machines need Gaming Commission approval before sale, lease, distribution, installation, or use. Games have fixed numbers of tickets and winners, with prize amounts set in advance; approval decisions are due within 30 days. Machines must read tickets, check prizes, combine winni… - Charities face membership and location caps: cost, low. Organizations licensed on or after the law's effective date can operate only 1 electronic bell jar machine. Earlier licensees have caps based on active local members: under 50, 1 machine; 50–99, 2; 100–199, 3; 200–299, 4; 300+, 5. Active local members must participate and live in the organization's… - Gaming businesses must report machine transactions: cost, low. Manufacturers selling bell jar tickets for New York resale must report machine sales and leases to licensed distributors each quarter. Distributors must report ticket and machine sales, with reports due by the 20th day of the month after each quarter. Distributors must keep detailed ticket and mach… - Gaming suppliers face fees and restrictions: cost, low. Gaming suppliers need Commission licenses, with fingerprints, background checks, and organizational and financial disclosures. Electronic bell jar machine manufacturers pay a $1,000 supplier-license fee instead of the otherwise applicable $25-plus-2%-of-gross-receipts calculation. Manufacturers can… - Charities gain gaming machines with limits: mixed, low. Effective immediately upon enactment, New York law includes electronic bell jar vending machines in regulated charitable gaming. Only Commission-approved games-of-chance licensees can operate them, on property they own or lease. Bona fide members must run the games, and organizations cannot transfe… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dan Stec (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jake Ashby (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joseph A. Griffo (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark Walczyk (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-17 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 134 | 5 | | | 2025-06-13 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 55 | 4 | | | 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 18 | 2 | | | 2025-05-28 | committee | Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.74 (Senate) - 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.697 (Senate) - 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-17: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-17: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.739 (House) - 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A7475B (House) - 2025-06-13: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2025-06-13: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-13: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1990 (Senate) - 2025-06-12: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate) - 2025-06-07: PRINT NUMBER 6351B (Senate) - 2025-06-07: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE (Senate) - 2025-05-28: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (Senate) - 2025-05-23: PRINT NUMBER 6351A (Senate) - 2025-05-23: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING (Senate) - 2025-03-11: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment B, 2025-06-07: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351B) - Amendment A, 2025-05-23: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351A) - Original, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351) ## Related bills - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses (signed) - A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6351) ## Related - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025) - [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S6351-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).