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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5791--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2023
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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.
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