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S 400: Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding as a shooting incident in which at least four people are murdered or injured with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
What S 400 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to define the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding. A mass shooting is defined as an incident in which at least four people are murdered or injured with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun. The bill also expands services to victims of a mass shooting, including those injured in incidents where four or more people are injured. The proposed changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 242 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 400 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes 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. Subdivision 11 of section 835 of the executive law, as 2 amended by chapter 69 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 11. "Mass shooting" means an incident in which at least four people 5 are murdered or injured with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun. 6 § 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 7 631-a of the executive law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2024, 8 is amended to read as follows: 9 (vi) services to victims of a mass shooting as defined in subdivision 10 eleven of section eight hundred thirty-five of this chapter [or of a11shooting incident in which four or more people are injured]. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01718-01-5
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