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Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A01707

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Legislation Overview

Title: Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the "gun violence prevention act".

Description: Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the "gun violence prevention act".

Session: 2019-2020 General Assembly

Last Action: referred to education

Last Action Date: January 8, 2020

Companion Bill: S00848

Sponsors

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29 sponsors: Jo Simon (D); Patricia Fahy (D); Carmen De La Rosa (D); Dan Quart (D); Charles Lavine (D); Walter Mosley (D); Thomas Abinanti (D); Inez Dickens (D); Victor Pichardo (D); Nily Rozic (D); Anthony D'Urso (D); Michael Blake (D); Richard Gottfried (D); Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D); Marcos Crespo (D); William Colton (D); Diane Richardson (D); Latoya Joyner (D); Erik Dilan (D); David McDonough (R); Jeffrion Aubry (D); Robert Carroll (D); Yuh-line Niou (D); Rebecca Seawright (D); Jaime Williams (D); Karines Reyes (D); Carmen Arroyo (D); Maritza Davila (D); Judy Griffin (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 19% (29 of 150)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jan 8, 2020 referred to education
Assembly Jan 16, 2019 referred to education
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 16, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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