---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges"
description: "Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8078"
citation: "New York A 8078 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c0699f5-3c84-4260-a6a3-e9d27ec45956"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8078"
source_hash: "cede65df0421a7c910704360abdf775c755e82bc6e6d69c3a1d46eda1a333fda"
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 8078 (2019-2020) — Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges

Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8078&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A8078A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8078A)
3. **A8078B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8078B)
4. **A8078C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8078C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **57–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–10** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **133–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)
- BLANKENBUSH — cosponsor (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
- FRIEND — cosponsor (person)
- HAWLEY — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- MANKTELOW — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-06** PRINT NUMBER 8078A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.419
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.419
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.308
- **2020-01-27** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8078B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-12** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8078C `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6401B
- **2020-07-21** 3RD READING CAL.370
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.150 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c0699f5-3c84-4260-a6a3-e9d27ec45956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).