New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05791 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 03/23/2023

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5791--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN, TAYLOR, ZEBROWSKI, EACHUS, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, SIMON, TAPIA, CLARK, CUNNINGHAM, FAHY, GLICK, GONZA- LEZ-ROJAS, BORES, VANEL, MEEKS, HEVESI, ARDILA, LAVINE, DE LOS SANTOS, EPSTEIN, GIBBS, LUCAS, SIMONE, BUTTENSCHON, PAULIN, SAYEGH, BRONSON, LEVENBERG, MAMDANI, SOLAGES, PRETLOW, ANDERSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. LBD10287-05-3