---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines the term mass shooting for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding"
description: "Defines the term \"mass shooting\" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding as a shooting incident in which at least four people are murdered with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8044"
citation: "New York S 8044 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fc7b81-f8f0-4677-99c4-85720da69c91"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8044"
source_hash: "4181aca955f82825e998e70f0fb26fadf71ca7b0950569b697c777ea167fd61c"
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 8044 (2023-2024) — Defines the term mass shooting for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding

Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding as a shooting incident in which at least four people are murdered with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8044&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.41
- **2024-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-17** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8569
- **2024-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.285
- **2024-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.69 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5fc7b81-f8f0-4677-99c4-85720da69c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).