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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A01208Provides 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".
Direction
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Creates and promotes a voluntary school-based gun violence prevention educational program for preK-12 students focused on conflict resolution, victim prevention skills, and non-violent problem management without opposing gun ownership for hunting or sport, so fewer youth gun injuries through reduced
The program would not oppose gun ownership or the well-supervised use of guns for hunting or sport.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-01-07: referred to education
Filed
2025-01-09
Committee
Education
Sponsor
Jo Simon D, Robert Carroll D, William Colton D, Erik Dilan D, David McDonough R, Crystal Peoples-Stokes D, Nily Rozic D, Rebecca Seawright D + 8 cosponsors (8 D)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a voluntary school gun violence prevention education program emphasizing non-violent conflict resolution and skills to avoid gun-related harm; it explicitly states it does not oppose lawful gun ownership, so the sole substantive effect is on reducing youth gun violence/injuries via education (firearms/other, restricts). No provisions address purchase background checks, carry, accessories, red-flag, storage, preemption, industry liability, transgender issues, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
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