---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms"
description: "Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 51001"
citation: "New York S 51001 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-07-01"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b0af844-232b-452c-b106-44b9d867391d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S51001"
source_hash: "fd5d19bab18fe9136c8ce24013c5f44dc8cca690e4d1f3115b24de51b6b94d74"
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 51001 (2021-2022) — Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms

Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **S51001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S51001&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **90–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1
- **2022-07-01** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2022-07-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-07-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-07-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A41001
- **2022-07-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2022-07-01** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2022-07-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-07-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b0af844-232b-452c-b106-44b9d867391d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).