---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classifies pistol converters as a rapid-fire modification device"
description: "Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 744"
citation: "New York S 744 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8083165d-6396-4091-9d6a-dbede7dbf1b9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S744"
source_hash: "35efdc722b8c80573938ca93eb407405489b4bfb1072077193e38700366c8e87"
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 744 (2025-2026) — Classifies pistol converters as a rapid-fire modification device

Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device.

## Version chain

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

1. **S744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S744&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **100–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **50–13** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.19
- **2025-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A436
- **2025-03-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.41
- **2025-03-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** SIGNED CHAP.115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8083165d-6396-4091-9d6a-dbede7dbf1b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).