---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices"
description: "Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices; increases the maximum population size for counties, cities, towns and villages which are permitted to purchase, acquire, possess and use epinephrine auto-injector devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7961"
citation: "New York A 7961 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-18"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2c0c4d-b437-4f08-bc3d-75983c6c032e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7961"
source_hash: "0d1212bf229362fc6e28bad692a4fc1f48132221d048664f8bee128846c5f294"
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 A 7961 (2023-2024) — Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices

Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices; increases the maximum population size for counties, cities, towns and villages which are permitted to purchase, acquire, possess and use epinephrine auto-injector devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7961&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-18** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** REPORTED
- **2024-02-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.313
- **2024-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7617
- **2024-05-08** 3RD READING CAL.387
- **2024-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.472 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2c0c4d-b437-4f08-bc3d-75983c6c032e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).