---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the crimes of making a threat of mass harm and aggravated threat of mass harm"
description: "Establishes the crimes of making a threat of mass harm and aggravated threat of mass harm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 89"
citation: "New York S 89 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a759bee5-b8c2-4515-957c-ea0667a6b9a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S89"
source_hash: "dfecb92f6af8110063ccdafa1f871f5a427bd98e450239c55fc64b798fff1a63"
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 89 (2021-2022) — Establishes the crimes of making a threat of mass harm and aggravated threat of mass harm

Establishes the crimes of making a threat of mass harm and aggravated threat of mass harm.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S89&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S89A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S89A)
3. **S89B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S89B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 89A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 89B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1845
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6716A
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.608
- **2022-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-06** SIGNED CHAP.206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a759bee5-b8c2-4515-957c-ea0667a6b9a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).