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NY S 7170

in committee

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7170 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7170 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 S 7170 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 S 7170?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 7170, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Jessica Ramoscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-03

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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  • Prior session: S 4891not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1208

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7170?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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