A 8451 — Establishes "DJ's law" requiring training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle

Congress · introduced 2025-05-16

Enacts "DJ's law" which requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Latest action: 2026-04-13 — ASSEMBLY_FLOOR

Action timeline

2025-05-16 · assembly — REFERRED TO CODES
2025-06-09 · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2026-01-07 · assembly — REFERRED TO CODES
2026-02-17 · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
2026-02-17 · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 8451A
2026-03-10 · assembly — REPORTED
2026-03-12 · assembly — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.295
2026-03-16 · assembly — SUBSTITUTED BY S4470A
2026-04-07 · assembly — SUBSTITUTION RECONSIDERED
2026-04-07 · assembly — RESTORED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-13 · assembly — AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8451B

Text versions

Introduced · 2025-05-16 — HTML · Text
Amendment A · 2026-02-17 — HTML · Text
Amendment B · 2026-04-13 — HTML · Text

Connected on the graph

Inbound (1)

date	from	type	amount	role	source
2025-05-16	Harry B. Bronson	sponsor_of_bill	—	sponsor	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	Harry B. Bronson (—, state_lower NY-138)	sponsor	0	—	5

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

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2025-05-16 · sponsored by Harry B. Bronson (sponsor) · sponsorship

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