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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creates a firearm violence research institute"
+description: "Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 2981"
+citation: "New York S 2981 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-11-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db79bc83-db1f-4c64-b3d2-bb9b121fb453"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2981"
+source_hash: "2c45dc5ff16975b675c32d194c4ca9955316541dfad7d70ba6a4a0e717b2acae"
+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 S 2981 (2021-2022) — Creates a firearm violence research institute
+
+Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S2981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2981&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **125–24** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
+- Higher Education Vote — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- Finance Vote — **17–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- PERSAUD — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.905
+- **2021-05-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2021-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7302
+- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.605
+- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.595 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-11-08** APPROVAL MEMO.35
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db79bc83-db1f-4c64-b3d2-bb9b121fb453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+