republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8994.md

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Bill	Requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones	Enacts "Detective Brian Simonsen's Law"; requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	A 8994	New York A 8994 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Amy Paulin	2	16	2	2024-02-01	2024-11-26	openstates	ocd-bill/13a8022a-8628-4eda-b742-1158319d9350	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8994	9c03d5834da9c335b47d35476007145571b524b17e02166bb5837c74e5c68af8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8994 (2023-2024) — Requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones

Enacts "Detective Brian Simonsen's Law"; requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones.

Version chain

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

1. A8994 (committee substitute) — source
2. A8994A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 136–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Paulin — primary (person)
• Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
• Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
• Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
• David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
• MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Tannousis — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2024-05-10 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-10 PRINT NUMBER 8994A amendment-passage
• 2024-05-14 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 REPORTED
• 2024-05-22 RULES REPORT CAL.112
• 2024-05-22 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.112
• 2024-05-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-05-23 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2024-05-23 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7739B
• 2024-06-06 3RD READING CAL.787
• 2024-06-06 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-06-06 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-11-15 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-11-26 SIGNED CHAP.543 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13a8022a-8628-4eda-b742-1158319d9350. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).