---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to defining firearm"
description: "Relates to defining firearm; provides that the term firearm shall also include any other weapon that is not otherwise defined containing any component that provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate any fire control component that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of explosive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9456"
citation: "New York S 9456 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-30"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f8f74e-5dab-48b7-9596-517e58beedb9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9456"
source_hash: "0a7c93ce1bc3c304d46bbeef45ede97a31df7ed4c4cbdadd4b91a3806c72b732"
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 9456 (2021-2022) — Relates to defining firearm

Relates to defining firearm; provides that the term firearm shall also include any other weapon that is not otherwise defined containing any component that provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate any fire control component that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of explosive.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9456&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–43** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-30** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1875
- **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 A10504
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.669
- **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.211 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f8f74e-5dab-48b7-9596-517e58beedb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).