---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds"
description: "Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 214"
citation: "New York S 214 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98efbdc-e887-436e-ac5d-e17b729aafc4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S214"
source_hash: "1780cc3853f5c1c8f608a97f457a70be67efb5721873b39af4ea4f14f5a91c7b"
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 214 (2023-2024) — Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds

Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.

## Version chain

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

1. **S214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S214&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S214A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S214A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **121–16** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** PRINT NUMBER 214A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.709
- **2023-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2105A
- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.141
- **2023-05-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.695 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98efbdc-e887-436e-ac5d-e17b729aafc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).