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&nbsp SPONSOR MAY &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add Art 41-A §§1050 & 1051, Gen Bus L &nbsp Restricts youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities from prohibiting attendees of youth sports events from recording personal media; provides exceptions related to safety or privacy, areas restricted to the general public, and uniform restrictions on all attendees unrelated to the purchase of a professional media package.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8666--A Cal. No. 416

IN SENATE

January 7, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to restricting youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities from prohibit- ing attendees of youth sports events from recording personal media

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

1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2 41-A to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 41-A 4 YOUTH SPORTS 5 Section 1050. Definitions. 6 1051. Youth sports organization in-person recording and photog- 7 raphy restrictions. 8 § 1050. Definitions. As used in this article: 9 1. "Youth sports facility" means any indoor or outdoor venue in the 10 state of New York that hosts youth sports events. 11 2. "Youth sports event" means any organized athletic event, game or 12 competition in which the majority of participants are under the age of 13 eighteen. 14 3. "Youth sports organization" means any entity that organizes, 15 manages, governs, hosts or runs youth sports events. 16 4. (a) "Personal media" means video or still photography captured by 17 an attendee at a youth sports event from a physical location inside the 18 youth sports facility using a personal device. 19 (b) "Personal media" shall not include commercial livestreaming, 20 broadcasting, or professional-grade filming. 21 5. "Professional media package" means any commercially offered 22 subscription, pay-per-view access, photography service, or streaming 23 product.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14142-02-6

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1 § 1051. Youth sports organization in-person recording and photography 2 restrictions. 3 1. Youth sports organizations and youth sports facilities shall not: 4 (a) prohibit, restrict, or penalize an attendee for creating personal 5 media at any youth sports event at which spectators are permitted, 6 except where permissible pursuant to subdivision three of this section; 7 (b) impose or enforce a rule involving a penalty because an attendee 8 recorded any portion of a youth sports event, including but not limited 9 to disqualification or loss of registration privileges; 10 (c) require the separate purchase of a professional media package as a 11 condition of usage of a youth sports facility, player registration, team 12 entry, team membership, enrollment, or spectator admission; 13 (d) bundle or embed a professional media package into registration 14 fees, tournament fees, membership fees, admission charges, or other 15 similar fees or payments without separately, clearly, and conspicuously 16 itemizing the cost of the package at the time of registration; or 17 (e) maintain, offer, or enter into, a waiver, contract, registration 18 form, agreement, rule, or policy that conflicts with the requirements of 19 this article. 20 2. Prior to registration or entry for a youth sports event, where a 21 professional media package is made available to attendees, youth sports 22 organizations shall conspicuously disclose in writing: 23 (a) whether the professional media package is optional; 24 (b) the full price of any offered media services in connection with 25 the professional media package; and 26 (c) the identity of the professional media package vendor and any 27 affiliated relationship between such vendor and the youth sports organ- 28 ization or youth sports facility. 29 3. A youth sports organization or youth sports facility may impose 30 restrictions on the capturing of personal media where: 31 (a) the youth sports organization has a documented safety or privacy 32 rationale, unrelated to commercial interest; 33 (b) there are specific zones, such as locker rooms or staging areas 34 where the general public is not permitted; or 35 (c) there is a uniform restriction on all attendees, unrelated to the 36 purchase of a professional media package. 37 4. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting a youth 38 sports organization or youth sports facility from entering into exclu- 39 sive arrangements with professional media vendors for the commercial 40 broadcast or streaming of youth sports events, provided that such 41 arrangements do not form the basis for any prohibition on the capturing 42 of personal media. 43 5. Nothing in this article shall alter existing state or federal laws 44 governing the commercial use of a minor's image or likeness. Youth 45 sports organizations may continue to require parental consent for the 46 publication of a minor athlete's photograph or video in organizational 47 media, websites, or promotional materials, establish reasonable social 48 media policies governing the posting of athletes' images by third 49 parties or enforce prohibitions on the recording of minors in private 50 areas. 51 6. This article shall not apply to: 52 (a) interscholastic athletic programs organized, operated, or governed 53 by a public or private elementary or secondary school, school district, 54 board of cooperative educational services or state athletic association 55 governing school-based sports; or

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1 (b) athletic programs organized or sanctioned by the United States 2 Olympic and Paralympic Committee or any national governing body desig- 3 nated under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C. § 4 220501. 5 7. Any person who has been injured by reason of any violation of this 6 article may bring an action in their own name to enjoin such unlawful 7 act or practice, an action to recover such person's actual damages or 8 two hundred dollars, whichever is greater. The court may, at its 9 discretion, increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed 10 three times the actual damages if the court finds the defendant willful- 11 ly or knowingly violated this section. The court may award reasonable 12 attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law.

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