---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers"
description: "Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6649"
citation: "New York S 6649 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-05-03"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dbb158-6ac8-4d99-8309-457166d5f220"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6649"
source_hash: "2b70461d1645100e9402ca08b31521f1221daf00fe792b4d8bc8c8a5bed6dfe6"
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 6649 (2023-2024) — Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers

Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6649&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **98–47** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1692
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.1009
- **2024-05-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2882
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.82
- **2024-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** SIGNED CHAP.428 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** APPROVAL MEMO.8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6dbb158-6ac8-4d99-8309-457166d5f220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).