---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife"
description: "Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4202"
citation: "New York S 4202 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7d517a-b6c0-4df0-a70f-894445212f7e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4202"
source_hash: "5dacaa11cdfacfd19e8c51023dcbfd812151e32ca92718c71ecdcb798ccd1835"
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 4202 (2019-2020) — Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife

Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4202&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **44–18** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **9–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.810
- **2019-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4816
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.79
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7d517a-b6c0-4df0-a70f-894445212f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).