---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the court to order the search for and immediate seizure of certain firearms when a defendant willfully refuses to surrender such firearms"
description: "Requires the court to order the search for and immediate seizure of firearms, rifles, or shotguns when a defendant willfully refuses to surrender such firearms, rifles or shotguns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6363"
citation: "New York S 6363 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-26"
last_action: "2022-10-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c94317a-188d-4e58-a614-a56ae4814121"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6363"
source_hash: "8e4e4eff4e7e3b6771c91e2a84cc785316ecccf109bc0947c10bf97786e93cf5"
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 6363 (2021-2022) — Requires the court to order the search for and immediate seizure of certain firearms when a defendant willfully refuses to surrender such firearms

Requires the court to order the search for and immediate seizure of firearms, rifles, or shotguns when a defendant willfully refuses to surrender such firearms, rifles or shotguns.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6363&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6363A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6363A)

## Votes

- Codes Vote — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–15** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.867
- **2021-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.469
- **2022-02-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-02** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6363A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8102A
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.203
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-10-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-18** SIGNED CHAP.576 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c94317a-188d-4e58-a614-a56ae4814121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).