---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends the definition of disguised gun to include any firearms that are designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun"
description: "Amends the definition of a \"disguised gun\" to include any firearms designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7796"
citation: "New York S 7796 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d1f921-ae37-43ee-9bc2-1c1271e92a24"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7796"
source_hash: "8a97e4b6cedb95248bd5317881328dae2a6568948a87a75e9ba8ecf9b74da30d"
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 7796 (2021-2022) — Amends the definition of disguised gun to include any firearms that are designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun

Amends the definition of a "disguised gun" to include any firearms designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7796&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **46–16** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **116–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
- **2022-01-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8736
- **2022-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.24
- **2022-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.112 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d1f921-ae37-43ee-9bc2-1c1271e92a24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).