---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the purchase of firearms, rifles and shotguns"
description: "Relates to the purchase of firearms, rifles and shotguns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5000"
citation: "New York S 5000 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5209e38e-86c3-49b0-935a-631655234d7d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5000"
source_hash: "cdaa24898903cd9cfa604327b1861d1cec4d976ae6a9f133eae63c25ec84e64b"
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 5000 (2021-2022) — Relates to the purchase of firearms, rifles and shotguns

Relates to the purchase of firearms, rifles and shotguns.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5000** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5000&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5000A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5000A)
3. **S5000B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5000B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **109–40** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote - Version: A — **10–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** PRINT NUMBER 5000A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.865
- **2021-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5000B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6198B
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.370
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** SIGNED CHAP.236 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5209e38e-86c3-49b0-935a-631655234d7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).