Senate Bill S391

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force to assess the public health impact of firearm violence and provides for the repeal thereof

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S391 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1030
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1166, A895
2013-2014: S1161
2015-2016: S812
2017-2018: S2694
2019-2020: S775
2021-2022: S1467

2009-S391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force to assess data and information compiled by law enforcement personnel and health providers related to incidents of firearm violence and injury; provides that the task force would designate a state agency to coordinate a statewide system for reporting the nature, incidence and specific causes of firearm violence.

2009-S391 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 391                                                   A. 1030

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  -- Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMP-
  SON, KRUEGER, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON, SCHNEIDERMAN, SMITH,  STAVISKY
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Finance

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, EDDINGTON, ORTIZ, KOON --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.  ALFANO, AUBRY, CLARK, COLTON, DINOW-
  ITZ, HOYT, JOHN, MAYERSOHN, PEOPLES, ROBINSON, TITUS,  TOWNS,  WEISEN-
  BERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to establish a task force to assess the public health impact of
  firearm violence and injury and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
  provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds  and
declares   that  firearm  injuries  and  deaths  have  reached  epidemic
proportions, with firearm injuries ranked among the top  ten  causes  of
death among all Americans, and as the leading cause of death among young
African-American  males. The legislature further finds and declares that
this  epidemic  necessitates  public  policies  which  address   firearm
violence  and  injury  as  a  public  health issue and that one critical
component of such policies is an integrated and comprehensive  statewide
effort  to  accurately  document  the  origins,  incidence and nature of
firearm violence and injury in New York state.
  The legislature also finds that dispersed and widely varied  data  and
information  related  to  incidents  of  firearm  violence are presently
collected by state and local law enforcement agencies; and that informa-
tion and data related to the nature,  severity  and  causes  of  firearm
injuries are also regularly compiled by health care providers engaged in
the  treatment of such injuries. The legislature finds and declares that

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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