---
type: "Bill"
title: "relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders"
description: "Relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8121"
citation: "New York S 8121 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PHILLIPS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-30"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bca3de-0030-4cfa-87a6-0fc519328843"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8121"
source_hash: "efa0469800d744a1436b0b2e2356e69e2a193dc8d73d984511cbbc2a2b130fe5"
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 8121 (2017-2018) — relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders

Relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8121 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8121&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8121 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8121)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **94–34** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **40–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PHILLIPS — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-30** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.741
- **2018-03-30** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2018-03-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-03-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-03-30** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10272
- **2018-03-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.25
- **2018-03-30** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2018-03-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** SIGNED CHAP.60 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36bca3de-0030-4cfa-87a6-0fc519328843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).