---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the firearm violence research institute"
description: "Relates to the firearm violence research institute; makes technical changes to the institute's procedures, goals and activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7716"
citation: "New York S 7716 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
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/99b50a6e-157c-4547-9ca5-6c5412a414e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7716"
source_hash: "92b68dd544001a1faf11a748c0752396471f3516d28559cb7ef9ad463795ce55"
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 7716 (2021-2022) — Relates to the firearm violence research institute

Relates to the firearm violence research institute; makes technical changes to the institute's procedures, goals and activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7716&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **45–18** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–30** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — 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.44
- **2022-01-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8846
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.405
- **2022-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.151 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b50a6e-157c-4547-9ca5-6c5412a414e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).