---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns"
description: "Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns; requires any person licensed as a gunsmith or a dealer in firearms to register with the division of criminal justice services any unserialized firearm, rifle or shotgun, finished frame or receiver, or unfinished frame or receiver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7705"
citation: "New York S 7705 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a4d209-d48c-44aa-b361-1a620ce3fe11"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7705"
source_hash: "2c0658bcb16c26f036a825faaa207d00c04a95c04add88bc1c3dc1111b0d6e6a"
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 7705 (2021-2022) — Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns

Criminalizes the sale of ghost guns; requires any person licensed as a gunsmith or a dealer in firearms to register with the division of criminal justice services any unserialized firearm, rifle or shotgun, finished frame or receiver, or unfinished frame or receiver.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7705&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–40** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.33
- **2022-01-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8786
- **2022-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.48
- **2022-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.149 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a4d209-d48c-44aa-b361-1a620ce3fe11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).