New York state’s legal online poker hopes grew a little dimmer this week after legislators added new ‘bad actor’ language to their current online poker bill.

Last month, a New York state Senate committee approved the S-3898 online poker bill introduced earlier this year by Sen. John Bonacic, setting up a possible floor vote before the state legislature adjourns for the summer later this month.

The bill would allow the state’s licensed land-based gaming operators to team with online poker technology vendors to offer legal poker games to state residents. But the bill was amended on Monday to include language that spells trouble for would-be technology vendors, including Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand.

Specifically, the amended text says state regulators will consider a number of factors in determining the suitability of significant vendors, including whether they “knowingly and willfully accepted or made available wagers on interactive gaming (including poker)” from US residents after December 31, 2006, or “knowingly facilitated or otherwise provided services” to anyone who did take such wagers.