---
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).