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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removes references of gravity knives as a dangerous weapon from certain provisions of the penal law relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons"
+description: "Removes references of gravity knives as a dangerous weapon from certain provisions of the penal law relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 5944"
+citation: "New York A 5944 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["QUART"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6434cc5-f6bb-4643-a5b7-14b4241269c5"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5944"
+source_hash: "b456f761a082fdd7ef6530a1013ed65972ef116236f85e1662074786a4ea6bc5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 5944 (2019-2020) — Removes references of gravity knives as a dangerous weapon from certain provisions of the penal law relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons
+
+Removes references of gravity knives as a dangerous weapon from certain provisions of the penal law relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5944&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- QUART — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** REPORTED
+- **2019-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.161
+- **2019-04-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-04-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4863
+- **2019-05-13** 3RD READING CAL.588
+- **2019-05-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-05-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-05-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-30** SIGNED CHAP.34 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-30** APPROVAL MEMO.2
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6434cc5-f6bb-4643-a5b7-14b4241269c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+