---
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 fourteen 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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8441"
citation: "New York S 8441 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. Addabbo Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbc87d7-c771-47d6-99cc-2bed0ed702c2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8441"
source_hash: "0847ae13b9b31617251163f2e625038655899160745f1738c5d203a4720d03f7"
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 8441 (2023-2024) — Relates to the thoroughbred breeding and development fund

Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until fourteen 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. **S8441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8441&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — primary (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.417
- **2024-02-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-02-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9080
- **2024-04-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.412
- **2024-04-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-04-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.325 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbbc87d7-c771-47d6-99cc-2bed0ed702c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).