---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund"
description: "Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until seventeen years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3579"
citation: "New York S 3579 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. Addabbo Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5efafcd-d733-4997-b239-54809c89858a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3579"
source_hash: "5371fe7e76d9771fecc3c58626d6dd9b0e48261271f349fe111da0cba5a665c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3579 (2025-2026) — Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund

Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until seventeen years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3579&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S3579A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3579A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–5** (pass) · upper
- Racing, Gaming And Wagering Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.334
- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3579A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6457
- **2025-04-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.140
- **2025-04-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-23** SIGNED CHAP.132 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5efafcd-d733-4997-b239-54809c89858a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).