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NY A 8451

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Establishes "DJ's law" requiring training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8451 pass?

The current status of NY A 8451 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8451B

What is NY A 8451 about?

Enacts "DJ's law" which requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Who sponsors NY A 8451?

Harry B. Bronson is the primary sponsor of NY A 8451.

Description

Enacts "DJ's law" which requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-13 — AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8451B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Harry B. Bronsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-16

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-06-09

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-17

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-17

    PRINT NUMBER 8451A

    amendment-passage

  6. 2026-03-10

    REPORTED

  7. 2026-03-12

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.295

  8. 2026-03-16

    SUBSTITUTED BY S4470A

  9. 2026-04-07

    SUBSTITUTION RECONSIDERED

  10. 2026-04-07

    RESTORED TO THIRD READING

  11. 2026-04-13

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8451B

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • substituted-by: S 4470A
  • Prior session: S 9588not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4470

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8451?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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