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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds"
+description: "Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 214"
+citation: "New York S 214 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-04"
+last_action: "2023-12-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98efbdc-e887-436e-ac5d-e17b729aafc4"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S214"
+source_hash: "1780cc3853f5c1c8f608a97f457a70be67efb5721873b39af4ea4f14f5a91c7b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 214 (2023-2024) — Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds
+
+Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S214&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S214A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S214A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **121–16** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)
+- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
+- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
+- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
+- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
+- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
+- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
+- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
+- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
+- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
+- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
+- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)
+- William Weber — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20** PRINT NUMBER 214A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.709
+- **2023-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2105A
+- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.141
+- **2023-05-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.695 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.43
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98efbdc-e887-436e-ac5d-e17b729aafc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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