---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the municipal gun buyback program and municipal gun buyback program fund"
description: "Establishes the municipal gun buyback program by the division of state police for the voluntary return of guns; establishes the municipal gun buyback program fund to fund the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2449"
citation: "New York S 2449 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d4dc6f-5e28-4013-9087-d6c8711dec4e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2449"
source_hash: "49828bd4b2331b586901072a4875efdcfcb45253c989f53ac557f3fe0fdf00ed"
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 2449 (2019-2020) — Establishes the municipal gun buyback program and municipal gun buyback program fund

Establishes the municipal gun buyback program by the division of state police for the voluntary return of guns; establishes the municipal gun buyback program fund to fund the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2449&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **108–36** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **50–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
- **2019-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2685
- **2019-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.22
- **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.139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57d4dc6f-5e28-4013-9087-d6c8711dec4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).