A 4968 — Relates to good samaritans; appropriation
Congress · introduced 2025-02-10
Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Eric Brown (—, NY-20) — sponsor · 2025-02-10
- Jodi Giglio (—, NY-2) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Brian Manktelow (—, NY-130) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- David McDonough (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- David DiPietro (—, NY-147) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick (—, NY-8) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Christopher Friend (—, NY-124) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Joe Angelino (—, NY-121) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Lester Chang (—, NY-49) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Joe DeStefano (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Kenneth Blankenbush (—, NY-117) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- John Lemondes (—, NY-126) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Michael Novakhov (—, NY-45) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Stephen Hawley (—, NY-139) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Jeff Gallahan (—, NY-131) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Karl Brabenec (—, NY-98) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Robert Smullen (—, NY-118) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Philip Palmesano (—, NY-132) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Matthew Simpson (—, NY-114) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Keith Brown (—, NY-12) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Chris Tague (—, NY-102) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Andrew Molitor (—, NY-150) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
Action timeline
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Inbound (22)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Eric Brown | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Andrew Molitor | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Keith Brown | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Jodi Giglio | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Matthew Simpson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Robert Smullen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | David McDonough | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | John Lemondes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Brian Manktelow | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Joe Angelino | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Joe DeStefano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Jeff Gallahan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Karl Brabenec | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Michael J. Fitzpatrick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Michael Novakhov | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Kenneth Blankenbush | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Chris Tague | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | David DiPietro | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Philip Palmesano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Christopher Friend | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Lester Chang | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Stephen Hawley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Brown (—, state_lower NY-20) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Molitor (—, state_lower NY-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Manktelow (—, state_lower NY-130) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chris Tague (—, state_lower NY-102) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Christopher Friend (—, state_lower NY-124) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David DiPietro (—, state_lower NY-147) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David McDonough (—, state_lower NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jeff Gallahan (—, state_lower NY-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jodi Giglio (—, state_lower NY-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joe Angelino (—, state_lower NY-121) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joe DeStefano (—, state_lower NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | John Lemondes (—, state_lower NY-126) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Karl Brabenec (—, state_lower NY-98) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Keith Brown (—, state_lower NY-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kenneth Blankenbush (—, state_lower NY-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Lester Chang (—, state_lower NY-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Matthew Simpson (—, state_lower NY-114) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Michael J. Fitzpatrick (—, state_lower NY-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Michael Novakhov (—, state_lower NY-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Philip Palmesano (—, state_lower NY-132) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Robert Smullen (—, state_lower NY-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Stephen Hawley (—, state_lower NY-139) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-02-10 · sponsored by Eric Brown (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Philip Palmesano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Brian Manktelow (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Michael J. Fitzpatrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Robert Smullen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by John Lemondes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Kenneth Blankenbush (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Matthew Simpson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by David McDonough (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Christopher Friend (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Joe DeStefano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Keith Brown (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Michael Novakhov (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by David DiPietro (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Karl Brabenec (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Jodi Giglio (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Lester Chang (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Andrew Molitor (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Joe Angelino (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Stephen Hawley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Jeff Gallahan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Chris Tague (cosponsor) · sponsorship