---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits educational institutions ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds"
description: "Limits an educational institution's ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds to certain officers or agents of a law enforcement agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 101"
citation: "New York S 101 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8aa31b3-8c5d-424a-babf-b8878bea366b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S101"
source_hash: "760e2493f8ee14d147b437d1f291e1df6b9cee397d09700400eba272a89619c7"
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 101 (2019-2020) — Limits educational institutions ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds

Limits an educational institution's ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds to certain officers or agents of a law enforcement agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S101&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S101A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S101A)

## Votes

- Codes Vote - Version: A — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-24** PRINT NUMBER 101A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.81
- **2019-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1715A
- **2019-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.18
- **2019-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8aa31b3-8c5d-424a-babf-b8878bea366b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).