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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 access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such incident, were injured or killed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6238"
citation: "New York S 6238 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e601a6-2fff-487e-85b1-37a845ba61b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6238"
source_hash: "6d6bb8f3374810d9cf0b074d7c99614244c01a5b82a60199a19efbb568c73404"
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 6238 (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 access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such incident, were injured or killed.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S6238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6238&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6238A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6238A)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.870
- **2023-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6238A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5791A
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.766
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.709 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.51
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55e601a6-2fff-487e-85b1-37a845ba61b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).