---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the Jose Webster untraceable firearms act"
description: "Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns; requires gunsmiths to register and serialize firearms, rifles, shotguns, and unfinished frames or receivers they assemble."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 14"
citation: "New York S 14 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9f818a-cb55-4990-b7a3-9cad2bc75b7a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S14"
source_hash: "1281c73a020e54a605f67638bbfcb1f32a9fb6e2d396b1e5ac0c255a0670c6ad"
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 14 (2021-2022) — Enacts the Jose Webster untraceable firearms act

Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns; requires gunsmiths to register and serialize firearms, rifles, shotguns, and unfinished frames or receivers they assemble.

## Version chain

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

1. **S14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S14&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S14A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S14A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–43** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **9–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.312
- **2021-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 14A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-02** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A613A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.409
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-28** SIGNED CHAP.520 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-28** APPROVAL MEMO.28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9f818a-cb55-4990-b7a3-9cad2bc75b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).