A 5993: Permits certain minors to be employed as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting event; limits a minor 12 or 13 years of age to one youth sporting event per week.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5993 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to permitting the employment of minors as referees, umpires or officials at youth sporting events The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 19 to read as follows: 3 19. "Youth sporting event" means organized participation in a compet- 4 itive physical activity aimed at using, maintaining or improving phys- 5 ical ability and skills of minors. 6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 130 of the labor law is amended by 7 adding a new paragraph i to read as follows: 8 i. A minor twelve or thirteen years of age as a referee, umpire or 9 official at a youth sporting event for minors predominately ten years of 10 age or less when attendance upon instruction is not required by the 11 education law, provided the employing organization receives and main- 12 tains both the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian and a 13 certificate which shall be provided to the employing organization at the 14 end of each marking period by the minor's school which shall assert that 15 such minor is in satisfactory academic standing according to the stand- 16 ards in such school district. A minor eligible to work pursuant to this 17 paragraph shall only serve as a referee, umpire or official at most one 18 youth sporting event per week. 19 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 131 of the labor law is 20 amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows: 21 (7) Service as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting event 22 for minors predominately twelve years of age or less. 23 § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 132 of the labor law is 24 amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows: 25 (7) Service as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting event 26 for minors predominately fifteen years of age or less. 27 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10069-01-5