---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to award to victims of certain crimes"
description: "Relates to award to victims of certain crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8976"
citation: "New York S 8976 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SALAZAR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-03"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e9dc24-e54a-47c1-9986-b86a876713e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8976"
source_hash: "73d2967a43b654b93b383aef5cea507c2b76cff5b2774cf2f12a0b6c816ee04e"
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 8976 (2021-2022) — Relates to award to victims of certain crimes

Relates to award to victims of certain crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8976&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SALAZAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.1146
- **2022-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7502
- **2022-05-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.248
- **2022-05-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.343 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28e9dc24-e54a-47c1-9986-b86a876713e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).