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NY A 1208

in committee

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1208 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1208 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 1208 about?

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the "gun violence prevention act".

Who sponsors NY A 1208?

Jo Anne Simon is the primary sponsor of NY A 1208, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the "gun violence prevention act".

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jo Anne Simonprimary
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor
  • Stefani Zinermancosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Demond Meekscosponsor
  • Khaleel Andersoncosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Rebecca Kassaycosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7164not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8980not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3280not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1707not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2170not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2531not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 7170

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1208?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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