State Senator - District 20
Zellnor Y. Myrie
Has represented Senate District 20 since 2019 and chairs the Senate Codes Committee, after earlier chairing the Senate Elections Committee.
Guns, crime and criminal justice
In coverageSponsored laws requiring payment card networks to use merchant category codes for firearm and ammunition dealers, defining a mass shooting for emergency funding, expanding crime victims' access to compensation without a mandatory police report, and raising criminal fines on corporations. His Senate biography says he wrote the state's gun industry liability law in 2021.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Sponsored S8479 on merchant category codes for firearm dealers; voted yes on S8479A on June 4, 2024, and it was signed into law as Chapter 430 of the Laws of 2024 on Oct. 9, 2024. Sponsored S8044, defining a mass shooting as at least four people murdered with a firearm, rifle or shotgun; voted yes on Jan. 17, 2024, and it was signed into law as Chapter 69 on Feb. 7, 2024. Sponsored S214, removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement for victim compensation; voted yes on S214A on May 9, 2023, and it was signed into law as Chapter 695 on Dec. 8, 2023. Sponsored S2551, raising fines on corporations for penal law offenses; voted yes on March 25, 2025, and it was signed into law as Chapter 467 on Oct. 16, 2025. Sponsored S7548, allowing motions to vacate convictions for conduct later decriminalized; voted yes on June 8, 2023; it passed the Assembly on June 20, 2023 and was vetoed by the governor on Dec. 22, 2023. Co-sponsored S940, limiting when entities may require a copy of a person's criminal history record; voted yes on May 29, 2024 (passed 39-22), and it was signed into law as Chapter 501 on Nov. 22, 2024. Sponsored S8609, the Victims Protection and Child Sex Buyer Accountability Act; voted yes on S8609A on June 4, 2026, and it passed the Assembly on June 5, 2026.
Sponsor of S8479, S8044, S214, S2551, S7548 and S8609 and co-sponsor of S940, voting yes on each in the Senate · 2023-05-09 to 2026-06-04 · S8479 signed into law as Chapter 430 of the Laws of 2024 on Oct. 9, 2024; S8044 signed into law as Chapter 69 on Feb. 7, 2024; S214 signed into law as Chapter 695 on Dec. 8, 2023; S2551 signed into law as Chapter 467 on Oct. 16, 2025; S7548 passed both houses and was vetoed by the governor on Dec. 22, 2023; S940 signed into law as Chapter 501 on Nov. 22, 2024; S8609 passed the Senate on June 4, 2026 and the Assembly on June 5, 2026
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