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Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A00198

Legislation Overview

Title: Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.

Description: Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.

Session: 2025-2026 General Assembly

Last Action: reported referred to rules

Last Action Date: June 5, 2025

Companion Bill: S01026

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

10 sponsors: Amy Paulin (D); Jeffrey Dinowitz (D); Rebecca Seawright (D); Donna Lupardo (D); Steven Otis (D); Keith Brown (R); Alex Bores (D); Demond Meeks (D); Maryjane Shimsky (D); Deborah Glick (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 7% (10 of 150)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Assembly	Jun 5, 2025	reported referred to rules
Assembly	May 20, 2025	reported referred to codes
Assembly	Apr 30, 2025	amend and recommit to governmental operations
Assembly	Apr 30, 2025	print number 198a
Assembly	Jan 8, 2025	referred to governmental operations

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Amended	Jan 8, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 8, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Assembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes	05/20/2025	10	4	0	0	Yes
Beephan, Anil (R) Nay Bichotte, Rodneyse (D) Yea Burroughs, Noah (D) Yea Glick, Deborah (D) Yea Kassay, Rebecca (D) Yea Kim, Ron (D) Yea McDonald, John (D) Yea Norber, Daniel (R) Nay Novakhov, Michael (R) Nay Raga, Steven (D) Yea Shimsky, Maryjane (D) Yea Simone, Tony (D) Yea Simpson, Matthew (R) Nay Williams, Jaime (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	06/5/2025	15	6	0	1	Yes
Alvarez, George (D) Yea Angelino, Joseph (R) Nay Bores, Alex (D) Yea Cook, Vivian (D) Yea Cruz, Catalina (D) Yea Dinowitz, Jeffrey (D) Yea Epstein, Harvey (D) Yea Hevesi, Andrew (D) Yea Lasher, Micah (D) Yea Lavine, Charles (D) Yea Mikulin, John (R) Nay Molitor, Andrew (R) Nay Morinello, Angelo (R) Nay Reilly, Michael (R) Nay Reyes, Karines (D) Yea Romero, Gabriella (D) Yea Rosenthal, Linda (D) Yea Seawright, Rebecca (D) Yea Tannousis, Michael (R) Nay Vanel, Clyde (D) Absent Walker, Latrice (D) Yea Weprin, Mark (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page