---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle"
description: "Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle; requires a license to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle; establishes the crimes of criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle and criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle; requires recertification of licenses to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle every five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9458"
citation: "New York S 9458 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
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/897acdc4-df67-418c-8d8b-36c061bd3c08"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9458"
source_hash: "36a06b45eb6bfec3bb82e099ec990bd1a078eb8a2d2319015b4d758f8d86bf2d"
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 9458 (2021-2022) — Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle

Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle; requires a license to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle; establishes the crimes of criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle and criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle; requires recertification of licenses to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle every five years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9458&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–47** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — 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.1876
- **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 A10503
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.668
- **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.212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/897acdc4-df67-418c-8d8b-36c061bd3c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).