New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
S 8943: Relates to missing and exploited women and children
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
S 8943 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to missing and exploited women and children. Primary sponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 20, 2026): REFERRED TO FINANCE.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monica Martinez | Primary sponsor | Democratic/Working Families | Senate | 4 |
| Cordell Cleare | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 30 |
| Pat Fahy | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 46 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- REFERRED TO FINANCE