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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 662: Relates to the assault on sports officials and harassment of a sports official and the provision of information to the spectators of such sporting events

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 662 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the assault on sports officials and harassment of a sports official and the provision of information to the spectators of such sporting events. Primary sponsor: Patrick Gallivan (Republican/Conservative). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 10, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 662A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes the crime of assault on sports officials and harassment of a sports official; makes harassment of a sports official a violation; requires the state education department to establish an information campaign to be distributed to all youth and school sports programs requiring such programs to disseminate information to parents and other spectators of such programs on the protections afforded sports officials.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick GallivanPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 662A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
  3. REFERRED TO CODES
  4. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source