---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the unlawful purchase and the unlawful sale or delivery of a body vest"
description: "Prohibits the purchase of a body vest; establishes that the purchase of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for each subsequent offense; establishes that the unlawful sale of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any subsequent offense; creates a civil penalty for the unlawful sale or delivery of body vests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9407"
citation: "New York S 9407 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-24"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebccd8d-7f5d-46c4-98f2-9e7a7abb7012"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9407"
source_hash: "244a5e7c9267c26e1c9379ea579ea267a80ad0946e4a1012f2704a911f374c31"
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 9407 (2021-2022) — Relates to the unlawful purchase and the unlawful sale or delivery of a body vest

Prohibits the purchase of a body vest; establishes that the purchase of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for each subsequent offense; establishes that the unlawful sale of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any subsequent offense; creates a civil penalty for the unlawful sale or delivery of body vests.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9407&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S9407A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S9407A)
3. **S9407B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S9407B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **105–44** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **55–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- RYAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 9407A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 9407B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1872
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10497
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.664
- **2022-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-06** SIGNED CHAP.210 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ebccd8d-7f5d-46c4-98f2-9e7a7abb7012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).