---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a law enforcement officer or peace officer who discharges his or her weapon under circumstances where a person could be struck by a bullet to immediately report the incident"
description: "Requires a law enforcement officer or peace officer who discharges his or her weapon under circumstances where a person could be struck by a bullet to immediately report the incident to his or her superiors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 10608"
citation: "New York A 10608 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-05"
last_action: "2020-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ada8398c-6496-49e0-a5b9-27a259eac509"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A10608"
source_hash: "ae8f6bd2e92198f431732d23699e0404fb01bd5b05977d52257cf510486f582f"
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 10608 (2019-2020) — Requires a law enforcement officer or peace officer who discharges his or her weapon under circumstances where a person could be struck by a bullet to immediately report the incident

Requires a law enforcement officer or peace officer who discharges his or her weapon under circumstances where a person could be struck by a bullet to immediately report the incident to his or her superiors.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10608&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **105–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED
- **2020-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.65
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.65
- **2020-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2575B
- **2020-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.677
- **2020-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-15** SIGNED CHAP.101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ada8398c-6496-49e0-a5b9-27a259eac509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).