Bill Text: NY S06238 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such incident, were injured or killed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-08 - APPROVAL MEMO.51 [S06238 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06238-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6238--A Cal. No. 870 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 5, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BROUK, CLEARE, MAY, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv- ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 835 of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. "Mass shooting" means, for the purposes of any funding received or 4 expended pursuant to this article, a shooting incident involving one or 5 more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, 6 other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such 7 incident, were injured or killed. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10287-04-3