---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a throwing star or shuriken"
description: "Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a \"throwing star\" or \"shuriken\"; updates such term from the outdated term \"Kung Fu star\" to reflect such term's correct etymology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8425"
citation: "New York A 8425 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Bores"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-29"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a0225e6-b97e-4c32-b05e-71436cad8b68"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8425"
source_hash: "5bdf9642547d342a84412ea812008105bf8ac1a10e91b2c1c5d275d23fc0c719"
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 A 8425 (2023-2024) — Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a throwing star or shuriken

Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a "throwing star" or "shuriken"; updates such term from the outdated term "Kung Fu star" to reflect such term's correct etymology.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8425&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Bores — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED
- **2024-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.355
- **2024-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8934
- **2024-05-08** 3RD READING CAL.791
- **2024-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.481 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a0225e6-b97e-4c32-b05e-71436cad8b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).